Osun State Police Command has arrested one Olayemi Lawrence for impersonating a Police officer and allegedly stealing.
In a press statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola on Thursday, said the suspects were arrested by the Ata-Oja Division in Osun State.
“Olayemi Lawrence was rescued by the police from mob for alleged stealing and brought to Ata-Oja Division” Opalola said.
She further explained that “In the course of interrogation, it was discovered that some times in the month of April, 2023 the above suspect went to a POS stand belonging to one Oyero Odunayo but managed by a sale girl and presented herself as a Police Officer serving at Ata-Oja division that she is under arrest and ordered her to follow her to the Station.”
“The suspect having seized the victim’s bag containing one pos machine valued yet unknown, sum of N20,000.00 one small phone valued N15,000”.
“The suspect further tricked the victim by asking her to make a photocopy of a document but before the victim could come back, the suspect ran away with the seized bag.
According to the Police Command, the following items stolen from another victim were recovered from her : the sum of N246,650, Opay POS machine valued N30,000 , One android service able phone, One Eksu ID card and one voters card, two POS business record books, one Itel small phone without battery , all contained in black bag.
The suspect had also transferred the sum of one hundred thousand (N100,000) from the POS machine to an account in one of the commercial banks.
Opalola added that the suspect will be charged to court after the completion of investigation.
