Nigerian Police in Kano State command have arrested one Yakasai Mohammed
who is in the habit of impersonating both the police and court officials
in order to defraud innocent family members of arrested suspects.
| The Police Public Relations Officer, Kano State Nigeria Police Force Command DSP Magaji Musa Majia handing over the recovered N100,000 to the complainant as one of her family member watches. |
The illegal activities of the said Yakasai was brought to an end after a
complaint was made to the Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU)
on 27th July, 2017 via a phone call from a female resident of Kano city
(name withheld) following the Wednesday 26th July, 2017 helicopter
leaflet drop of PCRRU flyers in English, Hausa and Kanuri over Kano
city.
THE CASE AGAINST YAKASAI.
On 27/07/17 at about
6:34pm a female resident of Kano, Kano state called the PCRRU phone line
and complained that on the 17th of July, 2017 a team of police on
patrol raided a place call Kwana Hudu area in Kano and arrested her son
(name withheld) for an alleged robbery case. That her son was taken to
Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office in Kano from where he was
subsequently charged to court for alleged robbery. She also stated that
the trial judge ordered her son to be remanded in prison custody pending
the next court date. However, one of the Investigating Police Officers
(IPO) known as Yakasai who she met at the court premises collected the
sum of One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000) for bail and promised to
release her son but he failed to do so as her son was taken to Kurmawa
prison from the court hence her complaint. She also said that she picked
the PCRRU contact phone number from a leaflet dropped by police
helicopter in Kano on Wednesday, 26th July, 2017.
The case was
immediately registered, tracking number #PCRRU426434 issued and matter
referred to the Commissioner of Police Kano state for investigation and
report in line with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police,
IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni.
Investigation carried out by the
Kano State Police command reveals that the arrest of the complainant’s
son and subsequent prosecution in court is pursuant to an investigation
into a reported case. The said Yakasai was arrested and it was
discovered that he is not a police officer or court official but an
impostor who goes around courts in Kano metropolis pretending to be a
police officer and a court worker. He confessed to the crime and the
extorted N100,000 cash was recovered from him. The money has since been
handed back to the complainant. Yakasai has also been charged to court
for prosecution accordingly and he has been remanded in prison custody
pending the next hearing date.
Members of the public across
Nigeria are advised not to pay money for bail as BAIL IS FREE. Also, in
line with the “Change Begins With Me” campaign citizens are urged not to
give bribe to any government official no matter the pressure on them.
Rather they are urged to report such bribe demand immediately to PCRRU
which is available 24/7 via the following numbers,Calls Only:
08057000001, 08057000002
SMS and WhatsApp Only: 08057000003