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Wetin we nor go hear about Naija??? How did he ever get Police Uniforms/credentials etc?
A suspected fake police officer was arrested last Saturday at Meiran in Lagos with 30 bags of Indian hemp in his truck.
As at the time of his arrest, Chukwuemeka Ezeabu had in his possession fake identity cards, which identified him as an inspector in the Nigeria Police Force, and a clerical officer in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Abuja.
Ezeabu was said to have ferried bags of Indian hemp from places like Sango-Ota, Ogun State, Ibadan and other areas to big dealers in Lagos for about a year before he was arrested. His fake ID cards enabled him pass through many security checkpoints without hitches during such journeys.
Confirming the arrest, the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Mr. Umaru Manko, said, “Ezeabu got into trouble at Meiran along the Abeokuta road when he stopped to eat at a roadside canteen that Saturday morning.
“Just as he got out of his truck, a policeman on a motorcycle, who perhaps had perceived the contents of the truck, parked his bike right in front of the truck in an attempt to stop him from driving off.
“Ezeabu immediately sensed that the policeman wanted to interrogate him and tried to run. He was caught, arrested and brought to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja.”
But the suspect denied ever posing as a policeman. In an interview with CRIME DIGEST, he said, “I was a commercial bus driver within the Lagos metropolis for a few years before a friend of mine, Steve Soje, asked me to work for him. He owned trucks that were used to transport Indian hemp for dealers in Lagos.
“Soje supplied the fake ID cards to enable me travel without molestation. I am aware that he sometimes settled police officers along that route. Although he is now late, I still work for his family.”
Source: The Punch.
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