58-year-old fake police woman docked for impersonation

One Adetolani Afoke, was Tuesday, arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly putting on the uniform of a deputy superintendent of police,(DSP) with an intent to impersonate.

DAILY POST gathered that the 58-year-old accused person of 13, Bamgboye Street, Orilowo -Ejigbo, a Lagos suburb, is facing a three-count charge bordering on impersonation and possession of stolen property.

The prosecuting officer, Insp. Simon Imhonwa told the court that the accused, who committed the offences on November 25 at the Bolade-Oshodi axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, was arrested by members of a police patrol team that had stopped the Volkswagen commercial bus loaded with building materials that she supervised.

Imhonwa stated that the accused had accompanied the bus-driver under the guise of being a senior police officer.

According to him, “Afoke wore the complete uniform of a DSP and also had in her possession a forged identity card.

“My lord, there is no record of the accused as ever being enlisted as a member of the Nigeria Police.

“Investigations revealed that the accused was once a traffic warden attached to Area C Command, Surulere, Lagos State, but had since deserted her job; but wears a police uniform with the intent to deceive innocent citizens that she has authority to act in such a capacity,” Imhonwa added.

The offences, the prosecutor noted, contravened Sections 77, 78 and 328 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Sections 77 and 78 of which prescribe three years’ imprisonment for an offender while Section 328 stipulates a seven-year imprisonment for an offender.

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