Delta Police Arrest Fake Soldier, Recover Military Uniform

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a fake soldier and recovered a military uniform on Sunday.

The State Police Command’s PPRO, DSP Bright Edafe disclosed this to Congress correspondent on Monday.

According to him, the Command received information about a syndicate in Asaba planning to cause mayhem in the state, disguised as military personnel to deceive their unsuspecting victims.

Edafe said following the tip-off, the CP Ari Muhammed Ali, FCIA, psc+ detailed a combined team from the department of operations “COBRA 11” comprising of operatives from response squad, Raiders Squad, and operations department.

He said, “the police embarked on an intelligence led operation on 12/03/2023, at about 0630hrs, the team stormed their hide out around Okwe Axis Asaba in Oshimili South LGA arrested the following suspects; Mike Okon ‘m’ 27yrs and Wilson Sunday ‘m’ 24yrs both from Cross-River state.

“When search was conducted on them, army camouflage uniform, a pair of black jungle boot were recovered from Mike Okon, while three (3) green Berets, one(1) black berets were recovered from Wilson Sunday. Investigation is ongoing”, he stated.