{"id":152233,"date":"2025-02-22T09:35:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway"},"modified":"2025-02-26T22:56:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T21:56:24","slug":"ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway","title":{"rendered":"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, identified as Harry Collins, for impersonating a police officer while dressed in a full police uniform with a sergeant rank.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was apprehended on Thursday at about 2:10 PM during a patrol led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police at the Long Bridge of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement signed by the police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, and made available on Saturday, the suspect, upon interrogation, couldn\u2019t provide a satisfactory explanation for his impersonation.<\/p>\n<p>Odutola noted that this raised further suspicion about his activities, and investigations are ongoing to determine his motives and any potential criminal involvement.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the suspect will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Odutola said, \u201cThe suspect was apprehended on February 20, 2025, at about 2:10 PM during a reconnaissance patrol led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police. Operation officers on duty became suspicious of his presence at Long Bridge and conducted an immediate arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon interrogation at the station, Collins was unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for his impersonation, raising further suspicion about his activities. Investigations are ongoing to determine his motives and any potential criminal involvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Odutola warned the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious individuals posing as police officers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, identified as Harry Collins, for impersonating a police officer while dressed in a full police uniform with a sergeant rank. The suspect was apprehended on Thursday at about 2:10 PM during a patrol led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254,386,165],"class_list":["post-152233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria","tag-ogun","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, identified as Harry Collins, for impersonating a police of ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, identified as Harry Collins, for impersonating a police of ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-22T08:35:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-26T21:56:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204475.410821.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-22T08:35:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-26T21:56:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway\"},\"wordCount\":246,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204475.410821.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Ogun\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway\",\"name\":\"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204475.410821.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-22T08:35:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-26T21:56:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, identified as Harry Collins, for impersonating a police of ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204475.410821.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204475.410821.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway - Nigeria","description":"The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, identified as Harry Collins, for impersonating a police of ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway","og_description":"The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, identified as Harry Collins, for impersonating a police of ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-02-22T08:35:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-26T21:56:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204475.410821.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway","datePublished":"2025-02-22T08:35:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-26T21:56:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway"},"wordCount":246,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204475.410821.jpg","keywords":["Nigeria","Ogun","Police"],"articleSection":["all news","Community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway","name":"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204475.410821.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-22T08:35:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-26T21:56:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, identified as Harry Collins, for impersonating a police of ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204475.410821.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204475.410821.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ogun-police-arrest-52-year-old-fake-officer-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ogun: Police arrest 52-year-old fake officer on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}