Fake soldier, police arrested in Oyo
A fake soldier and fake police corporal identified as Sodiq
Abiodun and Oluwaseun Ogunjebe respectively, have been arrested by the Oyo
State Police Command.
The fake soldier was
arrested for impersonation and rape of a 17-year-old girl Alimot Ismail, while
the police corporal was arrested for failing to stop for police personnel
routine stop and search patrol along Ibadan/Ife Road Toll Gate, Ibadan.
They were paraded
alongside 43 others arrested for crimes ranging from cultism, armed robbery,
murder, rape, kidnapping, impersonation, receipt of stolen goods, and threat to
life among others.
Oyo State
Commissioner of Police, Shina Olukolu who paraded the suspects before newsmen
said;
“The hoodlum attacked the said Alimot
Ismail, dispossessed her of her cell phone and abducted her to his hide-out at
Papa Eleye, Olomi area, Ibadan, where his syndicate member was waiting for him.
The victim was held hostage and later raped serially until the next day.
“As soon as the
incident was reported at SARS office, a team of SARS operatives swung into
action and the two hoodlums, who later identified themselves as Sodiq Abiodun
and Lekan Adesokan, 31, were arrested in connection with the crime. A complete
set of Nigerian Army camouflage uniform, which he normally wore to carry-out
his criminal activities was recovered from him.
“The Swift
Response Squad (SRS) along Ibadan/Ife Road Toll Gate intercepted one Oluwaseun
Ogunjebe aged 48, of No. 1A Olanrewaju Street Agege Dopemu, Lagos, who claimed
to be a Police Corporal serving at Force Headquarters Annex Lagos with one Blue
Nissan Primera Car with registration number SMK 981 EQ and found with a fake
Police I.D. card.
“The suspects upon
sighting the SRS failed to stop for Personnel Routine Stop and Search, but
later got arrested. He was arrested with fake police Corporal I.D. card, with a
Blue Nissan Primera Car with registration number SMK 981 EQ."
The suspects who have
reportedly confessed to the crime, will soon be charged to court for proper
trial.
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