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Fake soldiers who were arrested at Idi-Araba,
Agege and Mile 2 areas of Lagos state. Photo Credits:
The Nation
The Nation reports that the fake soldiers were paraded
by Fatai Owoseni, the commissioner of the police, on
Tuesday, October 27.
According to the police, the suspects are 25-year old
John Izunwanne, 23-year-old John Otu, 22-year-
old Richard Acha, and 39-year-old Simon Anthony.
Briefing journalists, Owoseni said that materials
recovered from the suspects included: two Nigerian
army camouflage uniforms, army camouflage t-shirts,
a pair of boots, two army belts and two jungle hats.
One of the arrested men, Anthony, revealed that he had
been dismissed from service as a corporal for falling
out from duty.
“I was dismissed in January 2014 for falling out from duty.
I am from Adamawa state. I wanted to use the uniform to
travel to Lagos because I had no transport money. But
unfortunately, I was arrested by soldiers,” he said.
suspect, Acha, said that he had found the
camouflage t-shirt inside the bag his brother gave him
at Ikeja cantonment.
Izunwanne told journalists that he bought the uniform at
Ojo Cantonment on September 2.
“I wanted to go and sign my army recruitment form at Ojo
Barracks when I bought the uniform at the Mammy Market.
However, on October 7, my friend had a court case and I
was to appear in court as a witness. The court was in
Agege and I did not have the transport fare to go, so, I
decided to wear my uniform to save me the cost of
transportation,” he said.
Otu said that he heard his friends were arrested and
went to the police to secure their bail, but was also
apprehended for wearing the uniform.
Earlier this year, the Lagos state police command
apprehended three fake soldiers , one fake Air Force
personnel and three car snatchers.
Owoseni revealed that one of the suspects threatened to
blow up the Command Headquarters because police
officers at Ipaja Division refused to grant his friend
bail.
Source: Naij
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