By Emma Amaize, Warri

A dismissed police officer, simply identified as Abiodun, has been arrested by operatives of the Quick Response Squad, QRS, Warri, Delta State, for allegedly parading himself as a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, attached to the squad.

Police spokesperson in Delta, DSP Celestina Kalu, said, yesterday, that the suspect had “defrauded many people of various sums of money under the pretext of helping them to secure approval from the Commissioner of Police, Delta State, to post both conventional and mobile policemen to guard their homes and business premises.”

According to her, “The suspect was arrested at Ugborikoko axis, Warri, when he showed up to collect the sum of N400, 000 from one of the operatives, who posed as a company owner.”
“He has confessed to the crime. He also claimed to have been dismissed from the police in 2001 at Port-Harcourt,” she added.