According to source; A 40-year
old commercial bus driver, Suleman Lambe has been arrested and charged before a
Lagos court for allegedly impersonating the Nigerian
police officer and uses
the force uniform to rob customers withdrawing money at a bank in Lagos.
P.M.EXPRESS
gathered that the suspect was arrested within the premises of FCMB Plc at Cele
in Egbe suburbs of Lagos where he and his gang members position to monitor and
rob customers coming to withdraw their money from the ATM point.
He was
however apprehended when his gang reportedly disposed one Julius Olajire of
N170,000 he withdrew from the bank.
Our
correspondent gathered that it was not only Olajire the gang have robbed while
pretending to be serving officers attached to State Anti-Robbery Sqaud, SARS.
The gang was
said to have equally robbed one Toheeb Sanni of N150,000 in similar manner
before he was apprehended by a police detective who arrested and handed him
over to police at Ikotun division.
Other
members of his gang escaped.
At the
Station, Lambe reportedly confessed that he was not a member of the Nigeria
Police and could not explain how he got the Police uniform.
The suspect
was charged before Ejigbo Magistrates court with impersonation and stealing
under the Criminal Code.
He pleaded
not guilty.
The
presiding Magistrate, Mrs J.O.E Adeyemi granted him bail in the sum of N100,000
with two sureties in like sum.
He was
remanded in prison custody pending when he will fulfill his bail.
The matter
was adjouned till 26 June 2017.
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