Twenty-five-year-old Abimaje Shittu, of Egume, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, has been nabbed for impersonating an inspector of Police and possessing a misleading identification card.
Shittu was arrested by the security of the Kogi State Polytechnic.
The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Omale Oredo, said Shittu was apprehended on Saturday, October 15, 2022, while trying to make his way to the Polytechnic Main Campus in Lokoja.
Shittu who claimed to be a National Diploma graduate of Accountancy with Matriculation Number 2016/ND/ACCT/188 revealed that the fake identification card number “219264” with the name Abdullahi Saduki in his possession was given to him by his late brother, Ekele Ahiaba, a native of Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area.
He said Ahiaba was a Police officer who served in Port Harcourt until his death, adding that he has been using the fake ID card for months, with which he has been using for easy passage from security checkpoints as a Keke NAPEP operator in Lokoja metropolis.
Shittu said he was using it to escape public harassment.
The culprit revealed further that his coming to the institution was to transact business with one Mr. Idris Usman who he claimed owns and operates a Point of Sales outlet and makes shoes at the Student Centre.
Shittu has been handed over to the appropriate security agency for onward investigation.
The rector of the institution, Dr. Salisu Usman commended the security operatives, and warned cultists and those with other ulterior motives to stay away from the institution.
