By Peter Akinbode
Police operatives in Osun State have arrested a 24-year old woman posing as a police officer to rob Point of Sale (POS) operators in Osogbo, the state capitol.
The spokesperson for the police in the state, Yemisi Opalola, in a statement, said some PoS operators had fallen victims of her impersonation before she was nabbed.
Opalola said the suspect had been in police custody since Tuesday after her she was rescued from a mob action, adding that police men, who saved her from being lynched took her to Ata-Oja Police Division in Osogbo.
She said: “In April, the suspect went to a PoS stand and presented herself as a police officer serving at Ata-Oja Police Division.
“She ‘arrested’ the sales girl and seized her bag containing a PoS machine, N20,000 and one phone valued N15,000.
“On their way to Ata-Oja Police Division, the suspect tricked her victim to make a photocopy of a document but ran away.
“Upon arrest, N246,650, an Opay PoS machine worth N30,000, one phone, one Ekiti State University’s identification card and one voter’s card were recovered from her.
“Also, two PoS business record books and one Itel mobile phone without battery, suspected to belong to another victim, were found on her.
“Investigation showed the suspect already transferred N100,000 from the recovered PoS machine to a bank account. She will be charged to court soon.”
