A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered that Adeleye Oduniyi who reportedly stood surety for a dismissed police officer, Victor Banor, be remanded in prison custody.
The police prosecutor, Mr. Justin Enang, had told the court that Banor had jumped the N20m bail given to him on May 15, 2015.
According to the police prosecutor, Banor was dismissed from the Force after the alleged stealing, but he allegedly went on to impersonate four Commissioners of Police, including that of Kogi, Enugu, Awka and Lagos states, after his dismissal from the Force.In the charge against the dismissed police officer, the police alleged that he stole a vehicle, kept at the station as an exhibit in a criminal matter under investigation while he was serving at the Umunede Police Division in Delta State.
He was also charged with the offences of forgery and illegal possession of firearms. In a counter-affidavit to a fundamental rights enforcement suit earlier filed by Banor against the police, Enang had alleged that Banor diverted salaries of various policemen running into N20m.
The dismissed police officer was reportedly being tried for allegedly impersonating five Commissioners of Police and diverting the salaries of various policemen to the tune of N20m after his dismissal from the Force.
The prosecutor had said, “After the Officer-in-Charge of the command’s Mechanised Salary Section retired, the applicant assumed office as the O/C MSS.
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