Photo: Fake Police Officer Apprehended in Benue

The Benue state police command have detained one Misa Mohammed for parading himself as an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). He was said to have been using this position to harass innocent members of the public.

According to a report from Daily Trust, the suspect whose actual name is Misa Iorliam Francis, seemed to have been scammed by an illegal recruitment organization. Misa claimed that one Uche Paul, who he claimed to also be a police officer, had reportedly helped him to be recruited into the police academy.

“The man (Paul) took me to the police station and assured that he would recruit me. He later printed an acceptance letter which he gave me as the commencement of my training. He recommended books which I bought and he urged me to read them as part of my training for the 4 years I stayed there. I went back to my people who donated N130,000 which I gave to Paul.

"I have been collecting things such as money and food items from my people for him during the period. And when he told me that I was going to pass out on February 3, 2017, I organised my people who went to thank him while I also did a thanksgiving in the church,” he claimed.

The suspect, who is a native of Naka in Gwer local government area of the state has conversely admitted that he bought the uniform and gave it to an unsuspecting police tailor who helped him out with the sewing.

The spokesman of Benue state police command, Moses Joel Yamu, has used this case as an example to alert job seekers to be careful of questionable job placements.