{"id":10524,"date":"2026-11-06T00:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T00:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/man-posing-as-soldier-arrested-in-ogun\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T00:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T00:45:48","slug":"man-posing-as-soldier-arrested-in-ogun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/man-posing-as-soldier-arrested-in-ogun\/","title":{"rendered":"Man posing as soldier arrested in Ogun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man, Akinola Damilare, popularly known as \u201cGeneral Don\u201d, for allegedly impersonating military personnel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The suspect was arrested at about 2am on Tuesday, at Kajola, Elega, Abeokuta, following credible intelligence from a community leader and discreet surveillance by operatives of the command\u2019s Special Weapons and Tactics Unit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Items recovered from him included a military face cap, three-quarter military trousers and four photographs depicting him in military uniform.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The state Police Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement, adding that an investigation was ongoing to establish the circumstances surrounding the alleged impersonation and determine whether others were connected to the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThe Ogun State Police Command has arrested Akinola Damilare, popularly known as General Don, for impersonating military personnel in Abeokuta, the state capital. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThe suspect was apprehended at about 2:00am on Tuesday at Kajola, Elega, Abeokuta, following credible intelligence from a community leader and discreet surveillance by operatives of the Command\u2019s Special Weapons and Tactics Unit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cItems recovered from him include a military face cap, three-quarter military trousers and four photographs depicting him in military uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police, Bode Ojajuni, reaffirmed the command\u2019s resolve to tackle impersonation and other criminal activities, urging residents to promptly report suspicious conduct.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Ojajuni urged members of the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious activities to the police to support efforts to rid the state of crime.\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man, Akinola Damilare, popularly known as \u201cGeneral Don\u201d, for allegedly impersonating military personnel. \u00a0The suspect was arrested at about 2am on Tuesday,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}