The Jigawa State Police Command said it has arrested two men who have been claiming to be police sergeants and extorting people in different locations.
Both men were arrested after they extorted the sum of N56,000 from three unsuspecting individuals in Fanisau village of Dutse Local Government Area.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abdu Jinjiri, said a set of police uniform bearing the sergeant rank was recovered from the house of the suspects.
“In the course of our investigation, the suspects confessed to have collected the said amount from their prey,” Jinjiri said.
“Investigation further revealed that the acclaimed sergeants were dismissed police officers.”
He added, “The first fake Police Officer in the person of Abubakar Sadiq ‘m’ 39yrs old of Tsafe LGA, Zamfara State was dismissed from the Force since 2015 from Jigawa State Command for the offence of desertion.
“The second suspect by name Mudi Abdulkarim ‘m’ 40yrs old of Dutse LGA, Jigawa State was dismissed from the Force since 2016 from Railway Command Rigasa, Kaduna State for the offence of desertion.”
