Man arrested for forging Lagos govt documents
The Lagos state police command have arrested a 33-year-old
man, Ojo Adeyinka, for forging the State’s Riders Identity Cards of Motor
Vehicle Administration.
According to a
statement from the state police command spokesperson, Bala Elkana, the suspect
who is a 2013 Mass Communication graduate, was picked up at about 7:30pm on
Friday, February 21st by a joint squad of police detectives from Ikorodu
Division and Lagos State Taskforce. The
police spokesperson added that Ojo who resides at House No1, Miracle Villa
Street, Abafo area of Ogijo in Ogun State, took advantage of the proximity of
his shop to the Licensing Office at Odogunyan area to lure his victims, under
the guise of being an agent of the VIO.
The Station Manager of Riders Card, Ikorodu Division, one
Prince Ibrahim Audu, was said to have lodged a complaint at Ikorodu Police
Station, alleging Ojo’s criminal act of forging Identification cards which,
according to the complaint, he sold as official permits to unsuspecting
motorcycle owners.
The permits fee was between Two Thousand, Five Hundred Naira
(#2,500.00) and Three Thousand, Four Hundred Naira (3,400.00) each.
“The suspect
confessed to committing the crime, stating that he started forging riders
permits in January 2020'' Bala said
Among the Items recovered from him were machines used in
printing the fake documents and large quantity of the printed materials.
Bala added that the
state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu had ordered the transfer of the
case to the State Criminal Investigation Department for an in depth
investigation and then prosecution of the suspect.
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