A self-professed soldier simply identified as Paul Shaltha, was on Sunday, arrested for extorting money from a tricycle operator who allegedly violated traffic rules.
The 22-year-old man, resident of Sabon Gari, Sangere FUTY in Girei Local Governmernt Area, was apprehended by the operatives of the command attached to Girei Divisional Police headquarters.
A statement by the command's spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made available to NEWS PLATFORM, said that the operatives arrested the suspect while on patrol to ensure safety and security at Sangere FUTY.
"The operatives apprehended the suspect who was sighted parading himself as a military man threatening and extorting members from the public", Nguroje said.
According to him, the suspect confessed to have extorted one Micheal Stephen, a tricycle operator who allegedly violated traffic rules.
He stated that the Commissioner of Police, CP, S. K. Akande, had ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), CP's Monitoring unit, Public Intellegence Bureau (PIB) to descend on people of questionable character.
"The CP has ordered the Deputy Commmissioner of Police to immediately take over the matter and ensure discreet investigation as well as the prosecution of the suspect to serve as deterrent to others.
He appealed to the general public not to hesitate in reporting men of suspicious character in and around their neighbourhood to the nearest police formation or via emergency numbers: 08089671313, 32718318 and 08036617428.
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