How fake soldier, accomplice duped man in Kwara

Date: 2016-08-24

The Nigerian Navy School of Health Sciences in Offa, Kwara, on Tuesday said that it had arrested a 28-year-old man, Salami Olalekan, who allegedly disguised as a soldier, to defraud his victim.

The commandant of the school, Navy Capt. Ibrahim Nurudeen, said this while handing over the suspect to some army personnel from Sobi Barracks, Ilorin. Nurudeen added that it arrested the suspect's accomplice.

The commandant said that Olalekan was arrested wearing an army camouflage and using a fake-identity card belonging to the army to extort unsuspecting members of the public.

He said that the suspect was arrested along with an accomplice whose claimed to be a serving officer with the army. The commandant, however, said that his case was still been verified by the military authorities.

Nurudeen said that the identity card and other documents tendered by the said accomplice had been handed over to the army for proper identification and verification.

The naval officer said the Navy in Offa had received a series of complaints bordering on people who disguised as newly-posted army personnel, to defraud influential personalities in the community. He said that the collaboration between the Navy and the Offa community on security facilitated the arrest of Olalekan and his accomplice.

Nurudeen said the suspects were apprehended while trying to cash a cheque for N20, 000 from a branch of the Union Bank in the town following a trip-off. He said that the suspects had collected the cheque from one of their victims.

"They disguised as army personnel to deceive their victim and in the process, collected a cheque for N20, 000 from him. "They had also gone to the branch of the Union Bank in the community, in an attempt to cash the said amount.

"But for the security synergy that existed between the Navy and the community, they were promptly arrested," Nurudeen said. However, Olalekan, who claimed to be a driver and a native of Ondo State, while confessing to the act, said that the army camouflage belonged to his late brother.

He said that the act, for which he was arrested, was his first attempt. "It was after my arrest that I knew the gravity of the offence I committed." Olalekan promised to turn a new leaf if left off the hook.

Mr Jare Olatundun, an indigene of Offa, lauded the Navy for its foresight and being security conscious.

He said that the command had, on many occasions, demonstrated its capabilities to tackle crimes and other vices, without any compromise. "The presence of the Navy school has been a thing of joy to this community, especially, in the area of adequate protection of lives and properties," he said.

Olatundun urged parents to be more proactive in their responsibilities so as to give their children good moral upbringing. "I want to charge parents and teachers to do more in educating the younger ones on the dangers inherent in such illicit act," he said. (NAN)

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Frootify     Tsaragi/Share     Alanamu     Ilorin Emirate     Ahman Pategi University     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Sunset Workers     Orisun Igbomina     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Yusuf Ali     Abdulwahab Oba     Dorcas Afeniforo     Ilorin Amusement Park     Gbemisola Saraki     Shehu Salau     Plat Technologies     Wahab Agbaje     Abdullateef Abdussalam     CBT     Ita-Ore     Isau     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     JAMB     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     IHS     Theophilus Oyebiyi     JUSUN     NNPP     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Sarah Jubril     Dasuki Belgore     Osinbajo     Olupako     Ethical College     Photo News     Kwara State Sports Commission     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Hussein Olokooba     Aro Yahaya     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Gbugbu     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Erin-ile     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Elewu     Sam Onile     Saad Belgore     Ilorin Airport     Charcoal     JAAC     Chief Of Staff     Marafan Shonga     Egbejila     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     MMWG     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Durosinlohun Atiku     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Alaaya     Bilikis Oladimeji     Sabo-Oke     CT Ayeni     John Dara     Kazeem Oladepo     Femi Agbaje     HYPPADEC     Kola Bukoye     Jaigbade Alao     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ridwan Agboola     JMK Construction Company Limited     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Waheed Ibrahim     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Kwara State University Of Education     Ilota     Bilikisu Gambari     Baboko Primary School     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Omu-aran     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Tunji Folami     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Dan Masanin     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Dele Belgore     Shoprite     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Elections     Kisra     UITH     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Michael Nzwekwe     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Suleiman Mora Omar     Otoge     Rashidi Yekini     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Gbemisola Saraki     MAI Akande     LABTOP     Elelu     Sa\'adu Gambari     Bello Oyedepo     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     General Hospital, Offa     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Alikinla     Taofeek Ibraheem     Florence Saraki     Toyin Abdullahi     Aisha Buhari     Bursary     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Nupe     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Ilorin Curfew     Saidu Isa     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Ajuloopin     Sunday Otokiti     Abdulmumini Jawondo     International Vocational Centre     Amos Sayo     Ibrahim Taiwo     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Sulaiman Gado     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Kwara Polytechnic     Lawal Olohungbebe     Idris Garuba     All Peoples Party     IQRA College     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Abiodun Oyedepo     Moses Afolayan     Gbemi Saraki     Mutawali     Mashood Dauda     Christopher Tunji Ayeni