Okada/Keke ban: Taskforce nabs 2 fake uniformed operatives
Speaking on the incident, the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed that while one of the suspects impersonated a Police Officer using his commercial motorcycle to scout for passengers on restricted routes, the second presented himself as an Army Officer using his commercial bus for fraudulent acts along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.
According to him, “Our intelligent reports revealed that some dubious-minded motorcyclists are now using fake Nigerian Army/Police uniform to scout for passengers on restricted routes as well as indulging in various forms of fraudulent acts across the State”. The Chairman also reiterated that motorcycle operators must desist from plying all 475 restricted routes, adding that they must also wear their crash helmets and must possess riders’ permit for proper identification of the park they belong while plying other routes.
In his statement, one of the suspects who hails from Akwa-Ibom State, confessed that he bought the uniform from a Police Officer who was deployed from Lagos to the northern part of the country for N7000, adding that he has since been using the uniform to carry out an illegal arrest and extortion of money from both motorists and motorcyclists plying restricted routes along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.
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