A 16-year-old boy, Mohammed Isah, claims he duped policemen of thousands of Naira by raising false alarm.
Nigerian-PoliceIt was gathered that Isah, of no fixed address, penultimate Tuesday, went to the Office of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State and alleged that police metro patrol teams 4 and 5 took N180,000 from him after he was arrested. Consequently, the teams were invited and interrogated and it was discovered that they had no contact with him.
Further investigation revealed that the suspect had made similar allegation against some policemen in Anambra and Ondo states.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said Isah came to the state police command to allege that some policemen in patrol vehicles arrested him and, in order to free himself, he gave them N150,000. However, he ran out of luck. While he was making the report, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, who had served in Anambra and was with the Commissioner of Police, suspected his report. He recalled how a man made such claim in Anambra and succeeded in collecting N120,000 and also went to Ondo State and used the same method to collect N40,000 from the police while five of the policemen he accused were dismissed. Based on this, the police boss ordered that his allegation be thoroughly investigated and, at the end, it was found to be false.
Stating his own side of the story, Isah said, ‘’ I am from Kebbi State. I was arrested when I came to the police command to report that some policemen on patrol arrested me and collected money from me which was false. It was not my first time of doing it. I had used the same trick to defraud the police in Anambra and Ondo States. So, I came to do same in Lagos but I was not lucky. Before going to the police command, I will copy the number of a patrol vehicle and go to the command to report that the men on duty with that patrol number had arrested me and collected money from me.
The commissioner of police in-charge of the state will give me back the amount I claimed they extorted from me since they have zero tolerance for corruption. So, I saw it as an opportunity to make money but I ran out of luck when a Deputy Commissioner of Police, who was with the Commissioner of Police in Lagos when I was lodging the report, recounted a similar case that happened in his state and my allegation was investigated. That led to my arrest. I did it because I have no job and nobody to help me but I know it is not good.’
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My though goes thus:
ReplyDelete.. The boy might actually be right but the police might force another statement on him
.... Why do the police in the previous state have to give him back his money without investigation?
.... Does this report portends that police are not doing anything like the boy reported?...
this boy get mind o. Well, trouble sitdon 4 corner, you go disturb am.
ReplyDeleteIn every allegations there is element of truth. The Naija police should come out with clean bills of characters to avoid unnecessary allegations
ReplyDeleteIn every allegations there is always element of truth. The Naija police should come out with clean bills of characters to avoid unnecessary allegations
ReplyDeleteMiscreants commenting trash, blind fools, instead of rebuking d boy, u turn around to support evil. Simple bcos u'll are partakers of such acts, now u want to justify his actions, out of stupid sentiments. You will be a very corrupt officer if u find ur self as a police officer, evil mindset
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