Kogi State Polytechnic security operatives have arrested one Mr. Abimaje Shittu, a 25-year old native of Egume, Dekina Local Council of Kogi State for impersonating a police inspector and possessing a misleading Identification (ID) card.

According to Head, Public Relations and Protocol Unit of the Polytechnic, Uredo Omale, the suspect was arrested on Saturday , October 15, while trying to make his way to the Polytechnic Main Campus in Lokoja .

Shittu, who claimed to be a National Diploma (ND) graduate of Accountancy with Matriculation Number 2016/ND/ACCT/188, revealed that the fake identification card number:”219264” with the name Abdullahi Saduki was given to him by his late brother, Ekele Ahiaba, a native of Anyigba, Dekina Local Council.

He claimed that the said Ekele Ahiaba was a police officer, who served in Port Harcourt until his death.

The suspect confessed that he has been using the fake ID card for months to secure easy passage from security checkpoints as a Keke NAPEP operator in Lokoja metropolis.

Shittu , who was handed over to the appropriate security agency for onward investigation, revealed further that his coming to the institution was to transact business with one Mr. Idris Usman, who he claimed owns and operates a Point of Sale (POS) outlet and makes shoes at the students’ centre.

Commending the security operatives, the Rector, Dr. Salisu Ogbo Usman, pledged to stamp out crimes and criminalities on campus.

While warning cultists and those with other ulterior motives to stay away from the Institution, he advised those who claim to be security personnel, misleading the general public with fake identifications to desist or would have the institution’s authority to contend with.