A police corporal identified as Reuben Joel, attached to the anti-terrorism unit of the Nigeria Police Force in Aba, Abia State has been paraded by officers of the Nigeria Army for selling military uniforms.
Joel was arrested at a military checkpoint in Mubi with ten uniforms and ten pairs of military boots.
His accomplices, who were also arrested, confessed during interrogation that Joel supplied them with the military uniforms which were to be taken to Hong local government area, Adamawa state.
The military spokesman, lieutenant Victor Olukoya, expressed surprise that a serving corporal in Aba would be involved in illegal sale of military uniforms in Adamawa State.
He said the arrest has unravelled the mysteries behind attacks on police checkpoints and banks by men in military and police uniforms.
"It is obvious that these are the people attacking police checkpoints and banks with regalia of the military and police. It portends that we have desperate people willing to go to any extent to maim innocent lives," Olukoya said.
He appealed to Nigerians to assist the military in its effort to combat criminality by submitting themselves to checks at checkpoints.
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