Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO)DSP Ramhan Nansel of Nassarawa made a disclosure in a statement signed by him that a fake Naval Officer in the State has been arrested.
According to the Police spokesperson, the suspect was arrested wearing full military camouflage and with identity card bearing his name . The suspect had been wearing it to deceive unsuspecting members of the public before he was caught.He further said that investigation led to the recovery of some military accoutrements of the Nigeria Navy .“On August 25, 2022, a 33 years old man, an indigine of Nassarawa-Eggon Local Government Area, was nabbed wearing military camouflage.The suspect who claimed to be working in Kogi State, was arrested at Doma market, while putting on full Military Camouflage, by operatives of 4 Special Forces Command, Doma and handed over to the Police for further investigation,” he said.
He listed the accoutrements to include two sets of combat short knickers, a jack knife, two identification cards of Nigeria Merchant Navy carrying the name of the suspect, Belt, two mobile phones.Nansel said the Commissioner of Police (CP), Adesina Soyemi ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department to carry out investigation to unravel other crimes that might have been committed by the suspect and the suspect would be charged to court for prosecution after the investigation