A man, Mohammed
Isah (pictured above) recently defrauded two police commissioners – the Anambra and Ondo states Commissioners of Police of
N154,000.
Isah (pictured above) recently defrauded two police commissioners – the Anambra and Ondo states Commissioners of Police of
N154,000.
While the Anambra CP was duped of N150,000, his counterpart in Ondo State was swindled of N4,000.
Isah was said to have operated in
Anambra, Ondo and Lagos states between June and December 7, 2015,
before he was arrested by the police in Lagos.
Anambra, Ondo and Lagos states between June and December 7, 2015,
before he was arrested by the police in Lagos.
The Katsina-born convict had gone to the
Lagos State Police Command’s X-Squad Department in Ikeja to complain
that some policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad collected N188,
200 from him.
Lagos State Police Command’s X-Squad Department in Ikeja to complain
that some policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad collected N188,
200 from him.
A police officer, ACP Edward Ajogun, who
had served in the Ondo Police Command before he was transferred to
Lagos in September, reportedly met him making the complaint.
had served in the Ondo Police Command before he was transferred to
Lagos in September, reportedly met him making the complaint.
It was learnt that Ajogun had witnessed a
similar scenario of the convict framing some policemen in Ondo with the
sole aim of getting compensated.
similar scenario of the convict framing some policemen in Ondo with the
sole aim of getting compensated.
Isah, who was immediately arrested, had
reportedly implicated policemen in Ondo and Anambra states by taking the
number plates of their patrol vehicles to the state police
reportedly implicated policemen in Ondo and Anambra states by taking the
number plates of their patrol vehicles to the state police
headquarters
on the claims that they extorted money from him.
on the claims that they extorted money from him.
It was said that the Anambra
Commissioner of Police had paid him N150,000 after he alleged that the
cops from the command swindled him of N270,000.
Commissioner of Police had paid him N150,000 after he alleged that the
cops from the command swindled him of N270,000.
Isah, who had used a pseudonym, Musa
Mulamba, also accused a team of six policemen on patrol in Akure, Ondo
State, of extorting N140, 000 from him. But the state CP gave him N4,
000 for reporting the matter to the command.
Mulamba, also accused a team of six policemen on patrol in Akure, Ondo
State, of extorting N140, 000 from him. But the state CP gave him N4,
000 for reporting the matter to the command.
The allegation led to the dismissal of the six cops.
He has now been arrested and sent to jail.