A 22-year old suspect, Samuel Johnson, who was arrested
and paraded for impersonation by the police has confessed that most of the
security equipment he allegedly stole or acquired illegally were sold to police
officers in various divisions in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Johnson revealed this when he was paraded at the Police
Command Headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos State, southwest, Nigeria. He was arrested
along Lagos-Badagry road while wearing a Nigerian Army uniform.
P.M.NEWS learnt that in the course of further
investigation, the police found in his possession other military and police
security equipment.
The items recovered from him include army uniforms and
walkie talkies.
Johnson from Akwa-Ibom state, southsouth Nigeria, also
claimed that his major suppliers are traders at Alaba from whom he buys the
equipment and sells to the police officers at a cheap prices. He denied selling
his equipment to armed robbers and said that he wore the uniform whenever he
hawked the items at police stations and pretended to be a soldier to safeguard
his business.
“I did not know that it was illegal to wear army uniform
and sell security gadgets,” he confessed.
He said he was an artist by profession and ventured into
the business because it is lucrative.
Johnson was arrested by military intelligence officers
who handed him over to the police at Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja. He
regretted venturing into the business, adding that he was only hoping that God
would see him through his predicament so that he could live a normal life
again.
Police sources told said that Johnson was being
investigated because he was suspected to have been selling those gadgets to
armed robbers who have been terrorising Lagosians.
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