Oyo State Police Command on Friday paraded a 60-year-old man, one Mr Adeyemi Isaac Adebola for impersonating Commissioner of Police and Inspector General of Police.
Adebola, according to the State Police Public Relations Officer SP Adewale Osifeso, who briefed journalists at the police headquarters Eleyele, Ibadan said the serial impersonator was arrested for parading himself as a serving commissioner of Police and a serving Assistant Inspector General of Police to unsuspected members of the public.
Adewale Osifeso who spoke on behalf of the State Commissioner of Police, CP Adebola Hamzat said, “on 06/09/2023 at about 1500hrs, sequel to series of complaints from members of the general public about a man who has been parading himself as a serving Commissioner of Police and in some instances as a serving Assistant Inspector General of Police to unsuspecting members of the public using fake identities to illegally extort huge amounts of money from Members of the public.
“However, the Command Monitoring Unit embarked on a discreet human intelligence gathering to demystify the mystery man, (the suspect), hence the apprehension of a 60 year old impostor who identified himself as ADEYEMI ISAAC ADEBOLA was arrested at his hideout within Oyo town.”
“Upon interrogation, he confessed to have been using the fake identity for over a decade and explained that apart from extorting money from members of the public, who sought his assistance on police related matters, he has equally used the fake identity to gain so many undue and underserved advantages from junior and senior police officers.”
“Upon his arrest, so many of his victims have identified him while recounting experiences of how they parted with huge sums of money to the suspect under the guise of actually dealing a real Commissioner of Police or an Assistant Inspector General of Police.”
“Investigation is still in progress. Further developments will be communicated later.” Osifeso said.
While speaking with journalists the suspected impersonator confessed to the crime. He said, “I lied by calling myself Commissioner of Police, I did it just to help people who have issue with the Police. I will never do that again if the authority pardon for this offence.
He said, “I only helped people four times with my fake identity as police Commissioner and Assistant Inspector General of Police and those people never come back to say thank you.”
“I never for once worked as a Police officer, before my arrest, one of those who used to assist me who is a welder approached me to assist his brother who had issue with Police, and I called Police station telling them that I’m the AIG but the guy never come to appreciate what I did for him. I regret my action, and I plead for mercy from the authority, I will never do it again.” He said
