The Plateau state police command Friday paraded a fake soldier parading himself as a captain in Nigerian Army.
The suspect was amongst 44 others paraded by the Police command at its headquarters in Jos.
The state Commissioner of Police, Hassan Yabanet, while parading the suspects said one Shedrack Sabo, was arrested impersonating as a soldier.
“On 04/03/2024 at about 02:30pm, one Shedrack Sabo ‘m’ of ATM quarters, Bukuru reported at the SWAT Unit that on 16/02/2024 at about 04:30pm, one Lucky Okoh male, showed him a military identity card and introduced himself as a captain in the military.”
CP Yabanet said that “He further convinced him to pay the sum of N110, 000.00k to secure him a job. The suspect, one Lucky Okoh male, of Guratopp was arrested by SWAT operatives on 04/03/2024 at about 03:00pm. After a thorough search was conducted on his house, one military identity card, three Nigerian army recruitment forms and one NSCDC recruitment form were recovered. Investigation is ongoing.”
The police chief said one of the robbers confessed to have snatched 22 boxer motorcycles from victims between Plateau and Bauchi state.
