A fake journalist that has been parading himself as the assistant editor of The News magazine, Segun Odofin, was yesterday arrested at the reception in honour of the immediate past Controller General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ade Abolurin.
The fake journalist that was arrested. Photo by Abiodun Onafuye The suspect was immediately invited outside the hall to explain himself to members of the Ogun state correspondent chapel led by its chairman, Kunle Olayeni. One of the correspondents who alerted other colleagues upon sighting the fake practitioner reported that the suspect has been parading himself as journalist for long. READ ALSO: We Will Arrest Iyaloja’s killer’ – Police The orrespondent who doesn’t want his name in print said Odofin was at the funeral ceremony in honour of Senator Olorunmibe Mamora’s mother, Madam Elizabeth Adesola Mamora in Ijebu Ife on Saturday. He explained that he overheard people complaining at the funeral ceremony that the suspect had taken some money from them with the promise to help publish a story but ran away when attempts were made to arrest him. When he was accused yesterday, the fake journalist who showed an identity card with inscription ‘The News Magazine’ boasted that he has been practicing before many journalists were born adding that he started his practice with Nigerian Tribune newspaper. A call was immediately put across to the state correspondent of PM News/The News magazine, Abiodun Onafuye, who debunked all claims by Odofin. The suspect who later claimed to be a freelance journalist was immediately handed over to the officers of NSCDC before he was later transferred to the Ibara Divisional Police Headquarters of Nigerian Police in Ibara, Abeokuta. Odofin however confessed to have printed the identity card by himself claiming that he resulted to impersonating the media outfit because of ‘a challenge’. A further check revealed that the same man has passed a note across to the Deputy Controller General of the Corps demanding monetary gratification for covering the event. READ ALSO: PPRO Lectures Trainees On New Police Boss’ Policies Meanwhile, the police have assured that he would be charged to court for impersonation, forgery and obtaining money under false pretence. Recently, the commissioner of police in Ogun state, CP Abdulmajid Ali, visited his Lagos state counterpart, CP Fatai Owoseni, where both men deliberated on vital security issues towards effective policing of the two prominent commands.
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