33-year-old man, Austin Okwuokei, a fake policeman arrested in Lagos State while extorting money from motorists. The Delta State indigene was apprehended by policemen attached
to the command’s monitoring team last Thursday at the Costain
Roundabout, Iponri.
The suspect allegedly started extorting
motorists in the state last year, after arriving from Edo State, where
he had his family. He suspect was arrested after complaints were made at the Lagos State Police Command Headquaters, Ikeja.
Okwuokei, in his statement to the police, allegedly confessed to the crime, saying he bought the “police shirt” in Edo State.
He said,
“I am a married man and I came to Lagos in 2015. When I was in Edo State, I bought the police shirt. I came to Lagos and started using it to make money by extorting money from motorists.
“Anytime I am on the road, I make an average of N10,000 within two hours. I actually wanted to be a policeman, but when I failed, I started doing this. I am also a commercial bus driver.”
The spokesperson for the Lagos State
Police Command, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the command had been getting a
lot of complaints from motorists and residents in the area concerning
the activities of the suspect.
Fake policeman arrested in Lagos, Makes N10,000 every two hours
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