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Services Front Page Back Page Advert Rates Subscription News Home National International Business News Abuja Reports Sports Politics Sun Girl Editorial Editorial Issues Letters Opinion Columnists Community Standard Guestbook View Guestbook Sun Chatroom   Features Apettit Arts BlockBuster CEO Magazine Celebrity Fashion City Sun Crime Watch Covert Choice CyberSun Enterprise Everyday Heroes Exquisite Property Fashion & Celebrity Fashion & Beauty Favourite File Health Magazine How I write Life Style Living Mafia Series Man in the street Man in the pulpit Managing a Law Firm Me & My God Media People Money Motoring Power Game Romance Romantic Faction Senior Citizen Showtime Smoking Guns Sun Splash Sunlight of Islam Travels Window of the world Window on widows Woman of the Sun Women in Business Women & Me Videoscope Weekend Sun Saturday Sun Sunday Sun Weekend Sports Weekend Cartoons Company Profile About Us Management Contact Us   Man docked for impersonating police chief By FELIX MORDI Monday, November 8, 2004   National Index A 58-year-old man, who allegedly impersonated a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) has been arraigned at Chief Magistrate’s Court in Otta, Ogun state. Identified as Tajudeen Atobatele, the accused was arrested at the Agbado Police Post in Police uniform with the rank and paraphernalia of a Deputy Commissioner of Police. Daily Sun learnt he was arrested trying to influence the release of a motorcycle impounded by men of the Nigerian Police. He was arraigned on a two-count charge of impersonation and illegal possession of Police uniform. Atobatele on September 23, 2004, at Agbado station, in Ado-Odo/Otta Magistrate District did impersonate a police officer by wearing a full deputy commissioner of police uniform, to carry out unlawful act, whereas you are not employed by the Nigeria police or attended any police officers’ training and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 109(a) of the criminal code cap 29, Vol. 2 Law of Ogun State the prosecuting police officer said. The second charge was "that you Tajudeen Atobatele on the same date, time and place, did unlawfully have in your possession one complete police uniform with the badges of deputy commissioner of police rank and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 430 of the criminal code cap 29 Vol. 2 of Ogun State. The accused person however pleaded not guilty to the charges. Having listened to the plea by the defence counsel, Mr Ameh, the trial chief magistrate, Mrs Catherine Ogunsanya, granted the accused person bail in the sum of N100,000, two sureties in like sum, who must reside in the judicial area and be prepared to submit their passport photographs with that of the accused persons. On the plea for the release of Atobatele’s Mercedes Benz car in the custody of the police, Chief Magistrate Ogunsanya advised the counsel to file a motion in respect of that. The matter has however been adjourned to November 18, 2004.         HOME | ABOUT THE SUN | SPORTS | POLITICS | NEWS | COLUMNISTS | CONTACT US I ADVERT RATE © 2004 THE SUN PUBLISHING LTD. This service is provided on The Sun Newspapers' standard terms and conditions in accordance with our Privacy Policy. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material and other inquiries, Contact Us.

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