The Oyo State Police Command, on Friday, paraded a 60-year-old real estate agent, Adeyemi Isaac, who parades himself as a serving Commissioner of Police (CP), and in another occasion as an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG).
While parading the suspect, along 32 other suspects, for their alleged involvement in various crimes ranging from cultism, to armed robbery, impersonation, among others, at the Police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Adewale Osifeso, who spoke on behalf of the CP, Adebola Hamzat, said the suspect was arrested sequel to series of complaints from members of the public about him using fake identities to illegally extort huge amounts of money from unsuspecting individuals.
He said the monitoring unit of the command embarked on a discreet human intelligence gatherig before arresting him at his hideout in Oyo town.
“Upon interrogation, he confessed to have been using the fake identity for over a decade and explained that apart from extorting money from members of the public, who sought his assistance on police related matters, he has equally used the fake identity to gain so many undue and underserved advantages from junior and senior police officers.
“Upon his arrest, so many of his victims have identified him while recounting experiences of how they parted with huge sums of money to the suspect under the guise of actually dealing a real CP or an AIG.”
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