Police Arrest Dismissed Officer Parading As Inspector
Information reaching Naija News House says that Police Arrest Dismissed Officer Parading As Inspector
The Lagos State Rapid Response Squad has arrested a dismissed policeman, Alobo Omokhoa, 48, parading himself as an Inspector of Police in Ogudu Government Restricted Area, Ojota area of the state.
Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Friday, disclosed this in a post on the Command’s Twitter page.
Omokhoa was arrested after trying to flee while escorting a Golf Volkswagen, conveying stainless iron to a construction site in Ogudu GRA, Kosofe.
The statement partly read, “During interrogation by the Commander Lagos Rapid Response Squad, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, Omokhoa could not give satisfactory answers to prove that he was a serving member of the Force.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that he was dismissed from the Force in 2020 for desertion. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that since his dismissal, he had been in the criminal act of escorting cars and trucks conveying goods to any part of Lagos for a fee.
“The suspect will be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation.”
