Policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos state police command are investigating a 58-year old man, Jude Ojoo, over allegations of impersonation and gun running.
According to police source, the suspect was arrested by the deputy commissioner of police in charge of B operations, DCP John Dokumor, for driving against traffic.
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Following the arrest, the suspect was handed over to the SARS operatives for further investigation.
It was gathered that the police conducted a search of the suspect’s vehicle and found guns in the booth of the car, a police uniform with the rank of a deputy superintendent of police and a forged police identity card.
The suspect however claimed that he is a guard at an unnamed church and that the guns belonged to his church.
He said: “I am a security man at a church. I was using the guns for protection of our church. I was coming back from the armoury where I had gone to repair the guns. We were four persons in the vehicle including the GO (General Overseer) of our church. I was driving against traffic at the Abattoir area when I was arrested and the guns were found on me.”
Asked how he came about the guns and the police uniforms including the fake identity card, the suspect said: “I got the guns to protect the church. I am the head of security in our church and the guns are licensed. I bought the police uniforms but a friend of mine who is a CSP (Chief Superintendent of Police) gave me the identity card. He is a DPO.”
A police source revealed that they recovered four AK 47 rifles and two locally made guns from the suspect.
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