Sokoto State Police Command on Thursday paraded a national of Niger Republic with ammunition, camouflage and other items in Sokoto State.
Commissioner of Police, Murtala Usman Mani, narrated that the suspect was arrested last week at the border town of Bachaka in Gudu Local Government Area of the state.
“The Nigerienne national claimed that he was a hunter and that he was invited by some hunters in Nigeria to participate in a hunting exercise,” he said.
The commissioner who spoke through the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, Cordelia Nwiwe, said the suspect was arrested in possession of a pistol with seven rounds of ammunition, one pump action rifle with 76 rounds of live ammunition and one axe.
Others were two handsets with six SIM cards, camouflage and police belt, international passport and a motorcycle.
“We are determined to curb crime in Sokoto and will not allow foreigners to infiltrate the country wearing camouflage and impersonating the Nigerian Army”.
Also paraded was one Umar Mohammed who has been impersonating Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba representing Sokoto South senatorial district.
The suspect had paraded himself as an aide to the senator and extorted money from unsuspecting parents under the guise of a scholarship awarded to their children.
“The suspect has been moving around collecting money from parents on the pretext that the senator has settled 50 percent of tuition fee of their wards in some selected private schools such as Success Academy, Blue Crescent and Global Kids Academy in Sokoto.
“In fact, he used to collect between N50,000 and N100,000 from each parent and issue them fake bank teller. However, luck ran out of him and he was arrested.”
The suspects would be charged to court after investigations.
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