Dismissed Naval officer charging N20K to beat up people arrested in Lagos
A dismissed Nigerian Navy officer who charges N20,000 to beat up people for his clients identified as Mohammed Tunde has been arrested for alleged impersonation by the police in Lagos.
Mohammed Tunde who was dismissed 24 years ago was arrested after he was contracted to beat up a hotel staff by a customer. Lagos police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin said the“The suspect was apprehended while he and his boys were beating a hotel staff.
“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,’’ the Lagos police spokesman stated on Saturday in Lagos.
He stated that the suspect was dismissed 24 years ago from the Nigeria Navy, but continued to parade himself as a serving personnel.
“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. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
