25-year-old man identified as Abimaje Shittu, a commercial tricycle operator in Lokoja has been arrested for impersonating an Inspector of Police
The suspect who hails from Egume in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State was caught with a falsified police identification card, which identified him as a Police Inspector.
Shittu was apprehended by the security personnel of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja on Saturday 15th October 2022, at the Main Campus of the institution.
Comfirming the incident, the Head of the Public Relations and Protocol Unit of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Uredo Omale, said the culprit has been handed to the police authorities for further investigation.
The suspect disclosed that the fake identification card number “219264” with the name Abdullahi Saduki in his possession was given to him by his late brother, Ekele Ahiaba, a native of Anyigba, in Dekina Local Government Area of the state.
Adding that the said Ekele Ahiaba was a Police officer, who served in Porthacourt until his death.
According to the suspect, he has been using the fake ID card to secure easy passage from security checkpoints as a Keke NAPEP operator in the Lokoja metropolis.
He also confessed that he was using it to escape public harassment.
The suspect stated further that his presence in the tertiary institution was to transact business with one Mr Idris Usman who he claimed owns and operates a POS outlet and makes shoes at the Students’ Centre.
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The Rector of the institution, Dr Usman Ogbo, commended the gallantry of the security operatives and also advised those who claimed to be security personnel but misleading the general public with fake identifications to desist from the act.
