A 43-year-old man, Lawal Hakeem,
said he impersonated a policeman to
get money to fight excruciating
hunger. Hakeem was arrested along
with Abiodun Ibrahim, 32, at Mile 2
area of the Lagos metropolis by
operatives of the Rapid Response
Squad (RRS).
The suspect, who was found with a
fake police identity card, said he used
to be a policeman, but was dismissed
for deserting. Hakeem, who resides at
16, Shittu Ajiron, Ajangbadi in Ojo
Local Government Area, said: “I got
enlisted into the police on April 4,
1989 with force number; 180939
before I was dismissed last year due
to absenteeism from work after the
death of my wife. Since that time,
things have not been easy for me.
I was only parading myself as a
policeman only to find means of
livelihood.” The RRS Commander,
Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP
Olatunji Disu, said his men, while on
patrol duty, sighted the suspects who
were in mufti and became suspicious
of their furtive movements.
According to him the RRS men
approached the suspects to find out
their business in the area. The duo,
believing that esprit de corps would
get the policemen off their back,
introduced themselves as policemen.
But rather than allow them to go, the
RRS men probed them further.
During interrogation, Hakeem
whipped out a police identity card,
later found to be fake. Immediately
both of them were arrested. On his
part, Ibrahim confessed that he was
not a policeman, but Hakeem’s
intimate friend.
He added that he was just trying to
settle dispute that ensued between
Hakeem and a private car driver at
the spot before the arrival of the
police at the scene. Hakeem appealed
to the police to forgive him,
promising not to impersonate anyone
again.
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