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Fake Policeman Armed With Dagger Arrested In Agege Lagos After Snatching Motorcycle
August 23, 2016 – Fake Policeman Armed With Dagger Arrested In Agege Lagos After Snatching Motorcycle
Police officials attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ikeja, Lagos, have arrested a fake policeman for robbing four victims of their motorcycles.
The 48-year-old suspect, Umam Hrmid, said to be a legionnaire, was arrested after he attempted to rob Amin Al-Hassan of his motorcycle at Agege, Lagos State.
After Hrmid was arrested, three other riders came to RRS office to identify him as the ‘policeman,’ who impounded and disappeared with their motorcycles.
The police said that Hrmid used to pose as a policeman, attached to the Lagos State Task Force on Special Offences, in order to rob motorcycle riders. Hrmid, of Nigerian Legion, Lagos State Command, was arrested on Friday about 10:30p.m. Investigators discovered that the suspect usually works with an accomplice, identified as Tijani Bashir, now at large.
The police said:
“The suspect accosted his victim, Al-Hassan, at Total Filling Station, Agege and told him that he was a policeman attached to the Lagos State Task Force on Special Offences.
He told his victim that he was impounding his motorcycle for plying restricted area and for operating at prohibited hour. Al-Hassan began to plead for negotiation.
Hrmid told him to bring N20,000, but the victim could only produce N5,000, which the suspect rejected.”
Recounting his experience with the fake policeman, Al-Hassan said:
“When he refused to accept the N5,000, he mounted the motorcycle and rode it towards Iyana- Ipaja. I begged him but he told me to get down from the bike. Before he rode off, I had already sat behind him, while his partner rode the bike.
He rode through Agbotikuyo, Agege. At Mulero, I forced the bike to a stop by removing the key from the ignition. While we were arguing, two passers-by joined us. They requested for his identity card when he told them that he was a policeman with the Lagos State Task Force.”
The suspect attempted to flash the ID card, but one of the passers-by grabbed it and started running.
Hrmid pulled out a dagger and chased him. The passer-by ran towards RRS operatives, who were on patrol. The ID card was discovered to be fake.
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Metu Nyetu
August 23, 2016 at 6:24 AM
WOW! THANKS TO THE INGENUITY OF THAT PASSER-BY! I WANT to believe that he had already known that the police officer was fake, otherwise if the RRS people had confirmed that ID card to be genuine, the guy would have been in a very hot oil-soup for “assaulting” a police officer.
fifelomo
August 23, 2016 at 8:18 AM
Fake people everywhere. Look aat his ugly face.
huchennar
August 23, 2016 at 10:10 AM
special thanks to almighty God for bringing this man case to a close.. many of it we pray. many Nigerians as turned conning into profession.
#clueless human
#IT_CAN_ONLY_GET_BETTER
D Hunter
August 23, 2016 at 10:44 AM
There is basically nothing that people will not impersonate in this country just to make ends meet. Its the survival of the fittest and its by hook of crook.
We have many of them around.
We seriously need God in this country so that…
THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER,
My strolling contiues.
venerable
August 23, 2016 at 3:22 PM
Nemesis caught up with. Gbaju e!
Big Aunty Koks
August 23, 2016 at 5:46 PM
Na wa o ! At least it is encouraging to find one person who is not a policeman but who desperately wants to belong in that profession. Usually people do not want to be identified with that arm of the uniform forces.
When he is taken to court please remember to add “spoiling the Good Name of Police”to the charge.ye ye fake fake man !!!
Truce
August 23, 2016 at 8:43 PM
How can a man of his age be doing things like this, he is such a lousy criminal, thank God he is caught.
sola olaniyi
August 24, 2016 at 12:23 PM
They should teach him a lesson he will never forget in his entire life
Maryf
August 30, 2016 at 11:29 PM
Man must wak! Greed, kills. I hope he’s jailed for this so that he will repent