Man Parading Himself As Comissioner Of Police, Has Been Arrested By The Police.

A 46 years old man known as Alexander illesanmi(pictured above), who hails from Akure, has been arrested by the police, for parading himself to be the commissioner of of police.

Illesanmi according to the police, goes about in police uniform, with the badge of the commissioner of Police on it. He even goes as far as receiving stolen Vehicles from robbery suspects.

Illesanmi was arrested after a notorious car snatcher and supposed pastor of a church, Gabriel Asaolu, was apprehended by the police, and he identified illesanmi to be one of those who bought stolen cars from him.

According to police investigation, illesanmi has bought two stolen cars. A Toyota Avalon, and a Mitsubishi Montero cars, before he was arrested.

Also discovered in his home was, the insignia of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), two photographs of the himself in DSP and ACP uniforms as well as an unregistered SUV believed to have been sold to him by another suspect.

While being interrogated, illesanmi revealed that he got the Insignias from a friend, and he used the police uniform in clearing vehicles.

“I used to deal in cars. I usually travel to the Benin Republic to get vehicles. I would hang the ACP uniform on the backseat of my vehicle so that customs officials would not disturb me. With this trick, I smuggled in about six cars between 2011 and 2014. At checkpoints, the police and other security agencies would simply salute me, and let my vehicle go. I did not usually pay duties at the entry point. I sold the vehicles for prices ranging from N1.1m to N1.5m. I got the DSP and ACP uniforms from a friend named Segun. Till now, I don’t know where he got them from.”

When asked how he met asaolu Gabriel, he said:

“I knew Gabriel (Asaolu) as a pastor in a church at the Oke Aro area in Ogun State. He told me he was also a car dealer, and that he could supply vehicles to me at cheaper prices. I had gone to the church for a revival. He also said he was an Ondo State indigene. Later, we went into car-selling deals. I never knew he was an armed robbery suspect. In August 2011, he called me that he wanted to sell some cars, but he sold only the Toyota Avalon to me. I bought it from him for N750,000. I was using the car. I did not sell it. Apart from smuggling, I also used the police uniform to attract consultancy jobs from companies in Lagos which sent their officials to me for training. I trained some security guards for many companies. I regret being a fake policeman, but it is just unfortunate.”