The Lagos Police Command Headquarters Ikeja
has detained a 27-year old man identified as Ben
Okon for allegedly claiming to be attached to
Mopol 20.

The suspect
reportedly took
to his heels upon sighting a police patrol team,
chewed and swallowed a police identity card in his
possession.

Okon, who was dressed in police uniform claimed
to be a police corporal attached to Mopol 20,
Lagos.

He confessed during interrogation to have found
the police insignia and the corporal rank at a
drinking joint in Agege area of the state and
decided to attach it to his Man ‘O’ War uniform.
“I had never robbed with it. I only used it when I enter any commercial bus to avoid paying
transport fee,” he said.

The suspect further confessed that the police rank
and other items found on him fell out of the
pockets of a policeman who came to drink in a bar.
“All the content that fell from the policeman’s
pocket was contained in a small polythene bag. At
first I thought it contained money, but when I opened it after its owner had left, I discovered that
it contained police properties,” he said.

The Lagos Deputy Police Public Relations Officer
(DPPRO), Assistant Superintendent of Police
Damasus Ozoani, while parading the suspect
before newsmen, said he provided conflicting
statements regarding his identity.

However, he said that the suspect would soon be
charged to court.

Culled from Information Nigeria's website

End Note: In case the MODs are working, they may want to create AN ACTUAL Section for crimes. If its existing, move it there mbok.