The suspect, 45yrs old Obayemi, was arrested by policemen attached to the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, Alausa, Ikeja.
A tenant, Nurudeen Duroti, who stayed on Olumo Street, Agege, had reported Obayemi, who hails from Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, as a suspected fraudster.
Policemen then searched the suspect’s house and found fake Lagos State Government documents.
The suspect said in his statement that he retired from Lagos State Ministry of Environment in 2014, adding that he used the fake documents to extort money from tenants.
He said, “The last one I did was a notice to quit, which I served a tenant on Olumo, after collecting N50,000 from the landlady of the house with a fake Lagos task force letterhead.
“I made my money from using fake letterheads of government’s ministries and agencies. I will stop this illegal business if I am pardoned by the government.”
According to Punch, the task force chairman, SP Saheed Egbeyemi, said the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, had directed that the suspect be transferred to the SCID.
He enjoined Nigerians to be wary of dubious elements, who specialised in duping members of the public with fake documents of government agencies.
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