The police in Lagos have arrested a dismissed Nigerian Navy officer for allegedly impersonating a serving soldier and lending himself out to assault people.
“The suspect was apprehended while he and his boys were beating a hotel worker.
“The job was contracted to him by one of the hotel’s customers who had refused to stop smoking in a ‘no smoking’ area of the hotel.
“He charges N20,000 to bring his boys to beat up anybody for his clients,’’ police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said on Saturday.
He stated that the suspect was dismissed 24 years ago from the Nigeria Navy, but continued to parade himself as a serving officer.
“The suspect was dismissed since 2000, but still parades himself as a naval officer,’’ Hundeyin stressed.
He assured that the suspect would soon be arraigned.
