Two men have been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command for falsely claiming to be police officers in Ibogun town of Ifo local government area of Ogun State.
The suspects, Tajudeen Bankole and Fawoyi Rotimi, were arrested following a distress call received from one Ibikunle Idowu that the two men came to his hotel, presented themselves as police officers and demanded an unspecified amount of money from him.
He stated further that the two men were threatening to bundle him into their vehicle if he refused to meet their demands.
Upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Ibogun division, CSP Samuel Oladele, mobilised his men and moved to the scene where they met the two men and arrested them.
On interrogation, one of them confessed to being a dismissed policeman while the other one used to be an informant.
They confessed further that they were passing through the area when they discovered that they didn’t have much fuel in their car and they decided to extort the owner of the hotel in order to get money to fuel the car.
Recovered from them are two forged police warrant cards.
In a related development, operatives of SWAT in Ogun State have apprehended one Oduola Abiola for falsely claiming to be a Civil Defence officer.
The 31 years old was arrested when a stolen phone was traced to him at Ibara area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.
He was arrested with a complete Civil Defence uniform which he claimed to have stolen from a Civil Defence officer.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation.
