An imposter Department of State Service (DSS) officer has been taken into custody by the Osun Police Command.
Additionally, agents apprehended three people for conspiracy and armed robbery in addition to seven alleged kidnappers.According to SP Yemisi Opalola, public relations officer, the suspects were apprehended during several operations on Tuesday.
The spokesperson identified the DSS impersonator as 46-year-old Olaleye Oluseyi.Oluseyi is accused of taking money from individuals after promising to secure them jobs in the security service.
When the scam was discovered by intelligence, command personnel immediately went into action.According to the police, Oluseyi admitted to defrauding one Taiwo Victor of N112,000 under the pretense of getting him a job with the DSS.She continued, “A face cap bearing the logo of the Federal Road Safety Corps was also discovered in his hands at the time of his detention.
Opalola, however, reported the arrest of a woman, 23, and two other people for armed robbery.The lady helped the pair check into a hotel on January 28 after they arrived in Osigbo from Lagos.They stole 30 phones worth millions of naira from the dormitories of 20 Federal Polytechnic Ede students after spying on their targets and robbing them there.