Fake police inspector Akinyemi Thomas busted in Ogun

Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta

A 38- year -old man, Akinyemi Thomas was have been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for impersonating a police officer.

Thomas was sighted in full police camouflage uniform under the bridge along Lagos Ibadan expressway by policemen attached to Sagamu divisional headquarters during a routine patrol of their area, Ogun Police spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement.

“His conduct raised the suspicion of the policemen who then stopped to question him. Immediately the patrol vehicle stopped, the suspect took to his heels. He was then chased and apprehended,” Oyeyemi said.

“On interrogation, he confessed been a dismissed policeman, but using the uniform to extort unsuspecting members of the public. Recovered from him aside from the uniform is a police warrant card.”

Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Lanre Bankole has ordered a full investigation into the activities of the Thomas with the view to charge him to court as soon as possible.