A 60-year-old realtor, Adeyemi Isaac, on Friday, September 22, revealed why he impersonated a serving Commissioner of Police and at a different event, an Assistant Inspector General of Police.
He admitted that he falsely presented himself as the police chief to assist individuals facing problems with the police.
He, notwithstanding, expressed frustration that a significant number of those he supported utilizing his underhanded character didn’t get back to show appreciation or recognize his help.
At the Oyo State Police Command in Eleyele, Ibadan, Isaac admitted to impersonating a police chief on four different occasions during the parade of suspected criminals.
He conceded that he lamented his activities and vowed not to take part in such tricky way of behaving once more if granted forgiveness for his offense.
He said, “I have tried helping people four times that was what I did and I counted it as a mistake, I called myself Police boss.
“I never for once worked as a Police officer, before my arrest, one of those who used to assist me who is a weather approached me seeking assistance for his brother in Police custody, he gave me the contact of one ACP and I called him, most of those who I used to assist don’t come back to thank me.”
Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Police Command, Adewale Osifeso while parading the suspect, said the suspect was arrested following a series of complaints from members of the public about the suspect using fake identities to illegally extort huge amounts of money from them.
He said the Monitoring Unit of the Command embarked on a discreet human intelligence gathering before arresting him at his hideout in Oyo town.
Osifeso said, “Upon interrogation, he confessed to have been using the fake identity for over a decade and explained that apart from extorting money from members of the public, who sought his assistance on police-related matters, he has equally used the fake identity to gain so many undue and underserved advantages from junior and senior police officers.
“Upon his arrest, so many of his victims have identified him while recounting experiences of how they parted with huge sums of money to the suspect under the guise of actually dealing a real Commissioner of Police or an Assistant Inspector General of Police.”
Other suspects arrested by the Command include armed robbers, car snatchers, cultists, and suspected cattle rustlers among others.
