Personnel attached to the Isheri-Osun Police Division have arrested an alleged fake Sergeant Major, RSM, who was fully clad in military camouflage.
The police nabbed the suspect, Femi Balogun around 3pm on Saturday at Ijegun, a riverine community notorious for pipeline vandalism and haven for vicious criminals.
It was gathered that the suspect, alleged to have been on the wanted list of the Nigerian Army, was arrested by operatives on visibility patrol along Fagbile Estate in Ijegun.
The Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the suspect’s arrest.
According to him, the military had been contacted and Balogun was confirmed to be a fake soldier upon interrogation.
Hundeyin further stated that the suspect would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.
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