The Girei Division of the Nigeria Police Force, Adamawa State Command has apprehended a fake Police Officer, deceiving members of the public.
A statement by the Police spokesperson in the state DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje said while on surveillance patrol to ensure sanity in Policing the patrol team apprehended one wearing what appears to be a police uniform, deceiving members of the public and causing embarrassment to the force.
The statement added that the Commissioner of Police has ordered DPOs/Operational commanders to be on the lookout.
The Police Boss directs the Deputy Commissioner of Police, to immediately prosecute the suspect and anyone found committing a similar offence.
The statement said “The suspect MOSES JAMES ,20years a resident of Viniklang, Girei Local government area, has been parading himself as a police officer since December 2020.
“The commissioner of police Aliyu Adamu Alhaji who talked tough on the impersonators directed CP’s Monitoring Unit, Public Complain Bureau (PCB), and Command X-squad to go after the impersonators and checkmate the activities of extortion, corrupt practices, unprofessional conduct among Others.
“The CP further directed that the matter be discreetly investigated and called on members of the public to equally report the unprofessional conduct of men in Uniform to the nearest police stations or via these numbers:- 08089671313, 08107364974, 08053872326.
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