A 42-year-old suspected army impersonator, Kingsley Wanogho, has been arrested for allegedly abducting a young man in the Ikeja area of Lagos State.
The suspect reportedly abandoned the victim on the Third Mainland Bridge and fled with his iPhone 13.
He was nabbed by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of the Lagos State Police Command.
The suspect, a dismissed army sergeant and ex-convict, was arrested at Ikeja Underbridge by police operatives after being spotted by one of his victims around Computer Village, Ikeja on Saturday.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect on 30th December 2024 accused his victim of stumbling on him. He claimed he lost a gold ring in the process and that his victim must produce the ring for him.
“Wanogho, thereafter, told his victim, Solomon, that he was an army officer, displaying his identification card. It was further alleged that Wanogho told his victim that if he couldn’t produce his gold ring, he was going to take him to army barracks in Oshodi.
“Investigations revealed that it was at this point that the suspect invited an accomplice on a motorcycle and hauled his victim on a bike. And, on the pretext that they were taking the victim to Army Cantonment, they drove him to Third Mainland Bridge, collected his iPhone 13 and money, and abandoned him there,” RRS said in a statement on Wednesday.
According to RRS, investigations also revealed that Wanogho sold the iPhone 13 for N150,000:00 in Computer Village, Ikeja.
Further investigations revealed the suspect was arrested last year in Ikeja and imprisoned over a similar crime. “Recovered from him were a Nigerian Army fez cap and a Nigerian Army fake identity card. “The suspect has been transferred to CP’s Special Squad for further investigation,” the statement added.
