The
suspect reportedly took to his heels upon sighting a police patrol team, chewed
and swallowed a police identity card in his possession.
Okon,
who was dressed in police uniform claimed to be a police corporal attached to
Mopol 20, Lagos.
He
confessed during interrogation to have found the police insignia and the
corporal rank at a drinking joint in Agege area of the state and decided to
attach it to his Man ‘O’ War uniform.
“I
had never robbed with it. I only used it when I enter any commercial bus to
avoid paying transport fee,” he said.
The
suspect further confessed that the police rank and other items found on him
fell out of the pockets of a policeman who came to drink in a bar.
“All
the content that fell from the policeman’s pocket was contained in a small
polythene bag. At first I thought it contained money, but when I opened it
after its owner had left, I discovered that it contained police properties,” he
said.
The
Lagos Deputy Police Public Relations Officer (DPPRO), Assistant Superintendent
of Police Damasus Ozoani, while parading the suspect before newsmen, said he
provided conflicting statements regarding his identity.
However,
he said that the suspect would soon be charged to court.
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