I trained most of the companies’ security guards in Lagos –Suspected fake cop

                                        I trained most of the companies’ security guards in Lagos –Suspected fake cop
Alexander Ilesanmi Abiodun, 46 years old, and a native of Akure, Ondo State, is a suspected fake Assistant Commissioner of Police officer that was recently apprehended by Lagos police operatives over his alleged illegal deals said to have been perpetrated through his assumed personality. Speaking with our crime correspondent, Adeleke Adesanya, the father of five who is presently languishing in SARS operative net at the  Lagos state command, explained that he had on several occasion trained security guards for security companies in Lagos as most of them believed in his skills. He also confessed on how he impersonates police officer to import vehicles from neighboring countries like Benin Republic and others.Excerts;

Could you tell us how you got enmeshed net?
I was arrested recently after which one of my business partners; Gabriel led policemen to invadedmy house at Ijoko area of Ogun state over a car he sold to me sometimes ago.

You were said to have been parading yourself as an Assistant Commissioner of Police, how did you get the uniform and the insignia?
I got the police uniforms, and frames hung in my house from a friend called Segun. Though, I would not know where he got it from, but from the look of things, it was like he knows much about policing, and through that he was able to get the uniform sewn before handing it over to me. And I paid him for it. Even on any deal I undertake, I do give him his own commission on them.

What have you been using the ACP uniform you got from your friend for?
It was an avenue for me to earn respect in the society; and through it, I have done several businesses for myself and people. Among the businesses I did was car smuggling from the neighboring countries like Benin Republic and others. While on any trip, I always hung the uniform in any car I was smuggling; and when flagged down by any officer, on sighting the uniform, they would naturally give me respect meant for any real police officer with same rank. And with the rank, I was able to do the business easily because my vehicle would never be subjected to any form of search.

If you are to think of it, how many vehicles would you say you successfully smuggled into the country before the bubble burst?
Since I started the art, I can safely say that I smuggled several vehicles, which include six cars between 2011 and 2014. The police and other security agencies did not stop me at checkpoints whenever I am bringing such cars. And the value of the cars ranges from 1.1 million CFAs to 1.7 million CFAs.

Who were your buyers, and how did they get particulars for the cars?
I have some people around me who respect me a lot and some of them knew that I was also into car dealing; so they get me buyers from anywhere. The people I sold them to would go to get the papers for themselves. I sold each for various prices ranging from N1m, N1.3 million, and upward. It depends on the grade of such cars.

What then is your relationship with Gabriel Asaolu?
I know Grabriel Asaolu very well. He is an Ondo State indigene. When I knew him, he introduced himself as a pastor of a church at Oke Aro, Ogun State; and I had earlier been to his church for a revival. As time went by, we had discussions bordering on car dealing business too; and that he could supply me various cars at cheaper prices. From there, we went into car-selling deals.

What can you say about the Avalon car that was recovered from you?
I bought the car from Gabriel around August 2011. Gabriel called me that he had some cars he wanted to sell. He then sold the Avalon to me for N750, 000. I was using the car for myself. I did not sell it. That was the only vehicle he sold to me.

With your fake personality, what other job do you do?
With the police uniform, people from companies in Lagos came to me for assistance. I trained some of their security operatives as spy policemen, and they paid me for the services rendered. They always come because they believed so much in my personality as an Assistant Commissioner of Police. They believe being an officer with such a rank in the Nigeria Police Force, I would have all it takes to train good guards, and I was doing it wonderfully well for them, while they pay me handsomely too.
Meanwhile, Alexander Ilesanmi Abiodun, was arrested in April this year by the operatives of Nigeria police, Lagos command after which a robbery suspect, Gabriel, who was initially arrested for snatching several exotic cars, identified him as one of the receivers of his stolen vehicles. Gabriel told the police that he had sold two stolen vehicles (a Mitsubishi Montero Jeep and a Toyota Avalon car) to Abiodun.
It was at the course of verifying the allegations that Abiodun was arrested following a painstaking investigation by the operatives of SARS led by their Commander, Superintendent Abba Kyari.
As a matter of fact, Gabriel led detectives to Ilesanmi’s house where the Avalon car was recovered while the jeep was said to have had an accident in Ondo State.
A hot search conducted in the house of the suspect, according to the police, led to the recovery of the following items; an Assistant Commissioner of Police uniform with insignia, a Deputy Superintendent of Police uniform with insignia, and two photo frames of the suspect in police uniform with the same rank. The police also said they recovered an unregistered Acura Jeep from his house, which was suspected to have been brought to him by yet another gang member. The suspect, as at the time of filing this report, was responding to questions at the command’s police custody while investigation on the matter continues.

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