Men of the Bayelsa State Command of the
Department of State Services DSS have arrested a
man, who have been parading himself as a staff of
the service and swindling unsuspecting members of
the public.
The suspect, Emmanuel Udo Akpan, aged 42, was
dismissed from the Delta State Police Command in
2013 and had been on the police wanted list over
alleged criminal activities bordering on
impersonation and extortion of money from
members of the public under the guise of facilitating
their recruitment into the service.
Akpan, a father of five, yesterday at the DSS
headquarters in Yenagoa confessed to the crime
and pleaded with the authorities for leniency.
Akpan said he resorted to posing as a DSS
operative and extorting money from the
unsuspecting public following his dismissal from the
force two years ago.
"I have a wife and five children to cater for, please
have mercy on me," he pleaded.
But the Bayelsa Command of the DSS led by the
new Director, Mr. Ade Olusesan said the suspect
was never a staff of the service would be handed
over to the police for prosecution.
According to the DSS, the suspect had been on the
police wanted list for offences bordering on
impersonation and extortion of members of the
public under the guise of assisting them to pass
recruitment into the service.
"Upon receiving the complaint on his shady
dealings, our operatives swung into action and
arrested the suspect in whose custody,
incriminating items were recovered," the command
noted.
The items, which were displayed, include, police
(SARS) case file, police visitor identification tag,
judiciary file, a stapler, which he claimed he used as
gun at night to frighten his victims, Bayelsa State
government file folder bearing the office of the
Deputy Governor among others.
