Policemen in Ebonyi state have
apprehended a 25-year-old Moris Mbam,
who has been parading himself as a solider
of the Nigerian Army.
Parading the suspect before newsmen, the
Commissioner of Police in the state,
Muhammed Mustafa, said Mbam who hails
from Izzi local government area, was
nabbed by police operatives attached to
the Central Police Station, Abakaliki, at a
commercial bank in Enugu, while
attempting to withdraw proceeds of his
illegal exploits.
According to the police boss, the suspect
was notorious in the state for using his
fake Army uniform to extort money and
goods of people and traders in the state.
On December 25th last year, Mbam had
used the same tactics to extort occupants
of a building in Abakalili. the state capital,
He collected N40, 000 and a Tecno phone
from them after they holding them hostage
for 2 hours.
“He has been taking people hostage and as
he went about intimidating people and
claiming that he was a soldier, the police got
wind of his activities and our men swung
into action and got him arrested. And before
his arrest, he had been on our wanted list
and he was arrested on January 11, 2019.
He had for long been parading himself as a
soldier before the operatives of the Nigeria
Police from the ‘A’ Division (i.e. Central
Police Station Abakaliki) arrested him.â€
Mutafa said
When interrogated, the suspect confessed
to the crime.
“I’m from the Okpuitim community in the Izzi
Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. I’m
not a soldier. I was parading myself as a
soldier because I sold phone to somebody
last year worth N10,000, but the man gave
me N7,000. So, when I came back in
November last year from the city, I asked him
to pay the balance of N3,000 and he refused.
I met his landlord and told him to tell the
man that I am a soldier that he should pay
me my money or I would take action. I did
that so that the man would pay me the
N3,000. I have never used a soldier
camouflage; I only said that I was a soldier
in order to make the man pay my money fast.
I’m an engineer.†he said
The police boss said he would be arraigned
in court soon.
