FOR impersonating a police officer, a 50-year-old man Rotimi Ajakaye, was remanded in Kirikiri Prisons after he pleaded guilty to charges of extortion.
The Police Prosecutor Clement Okuoimose told an Ikeja Magistrate court that the accused, who resides in Agege area of Lagos, committed the offence on Sept 25 at Ayobo, Lagos.
He said the accused presented himself as a police officer and extorted money from traders in the Hausa community.
“The accused presented himself as a police officer from Ikeja Headquarters and extorted N53,000 from four of the traders.
“He came again after few days and the trader reported him to their leaders who arrested him.
“When he was told to identify himself as a police officer, he had nothing to show and later confessed that he is not a policeman,” he said.
The Magistrate, Mrs Y.O Ekogbulu, ordered the remand of the accused in prison said the accused should be kept behind bars pending sentence.
The case has been adjourned until Oct 6 for the accused to be sentenced.
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