How three policemen collected dead, non-existent officers’ insurance claims

A female Inspector, an Assistant Superintendent of Police and a corporal all attached to the insurance section of the command has been detained by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly collecting the insurance claims of dead and non-existent policemen.

According to reports, the arrested officers whose names were yet to be ascertained as at press time, had allegedly defrauded the Police Force by collecting the claims of policemen reportedly worth millions of naira.

An unnamed police source disclosed to Punch that the suspects, who are to undergo an orderly room trial, were arrested by the X-Squad Section of the command after a petition reached the police authorities that families of some dead policemen had yet to get the claims.

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Factory worker denies raping 4 year-old, says he only 'released' on her laps

A 21-year-old factory worker, identified as Emmanuel Umanah, was Tuesday apprehended by the Police at Amukoko Divisional headquarters, Lagos, for allegedly raping an unidentified four year-old-girl.

DAILY POST gathered that the police arrested Umanah following a report from the girl’s grandmother that the factory worker who was her neighbour, allegedly lured and raped her granddaughter in his one-room apartment on Opeoluwa Street, Mosafejo-Amukoko area of Ajegunle.

“After preparing food, I did not see my grandchild who I was calling to come and eat. I was still searching for her when a little girl about her age told me she was in Umanah’s apartment watching a film.

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source: Daily Post