The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 46-year-old man who masquerades as an Assistant Commissioner of Police.
He was arrested in connection with the recovery of two stolen cars found in his possession.
The suspect, a father of five, identified as Alexander Abiodun was arrested in Ijoko area of Ogun State following a confessional statement of an arrested robbery suspect.
The robbery suspect identified as Gabriel Asaolu, who was discovered to be a pastor of an undisclosed church in Ogun State, was alleged to have stolen exotic cars from Ogun and Lagos states.
During interrogation, Asaolu reportedly mentioned Abiodun as one of the receivers, which made the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, to direct operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, to go after him.
Police sources said when the operatives stormed Abiodun’s home at 29, Okegbale Street, in Ijoko, Ogun State, one of the stolen cars, a Toyota Avalon, was recovered. Also recovered in his apartment were Police uniforms with the rank of an Assistant Commissioner of Police and Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Police sources said: “When asked if he was a policeman, he shook his head. Also, an unregistered Acura Legend car suspected to have been stolen, was found in his residence.
During an earlier interrogation, Asaolu confessed that he sold two stolen vehicles— a Mitsubuishi Montero SUV and a Toyota Avalon car— to Abiodun. But only one of the vehicles was found in Abiodun’s residence while the other was said to have been involved in an accident in Ondo State.
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