The Kwara State
Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old mother, Yemisi Fagbemi, for allegedly
parading herself as a police Inspector.
Speaking
with journalists in Ilorin
He
added that a policewoman, Medina Garba, attached to the command arrested the
suspect.
Ezekiel
said Fagbemi, a mother of two, hails from Kabba, in Kogi
State and resides at Oja-Iya area of Ilorin
He
added that the suspect allegedly swindled an electronic dealer of one 37-inch
Plasma TV, laptop and refrigerator among others with promise
to pay in instalments.
The
PPRO said the suspect would soon be charged to court.
But
while speaking with journalists, Fagbemi claimed that she was dismissed from
the police in 2011, when a murder suspect in her custody escaped.
Yemisi,
who admitted that she wore a police uniform on the day of her arrest, added
that she wanted to visit a senior police officer who had promised to assist her
on that day.
Fagbemi
said, “I am not a fake police officer. I joined the force in 2000 as a
constable but I later went for cadet inspector course in 2006.
“When
I was a constable, I served at both Ijagbo and Offa divisions. I was dismissed
in 2011 when a suspected murderer in my custody escaped.”
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