Photo: Police arrest fake Assistant
Commissioner of Police

46 year old Alexander Ilesanmi (pictured above), an
indigene of Akure, Ondo state has been arrested by
the Lagos State Police command for parading
himself as an Assistant Commissioner of Police and
receiving stolen vehicles from robbery suspects.
According to police reports, Illesanmi, who goes
about dressing in police uniform with the rank of a
Deputy police commissioner displayed on his shirt,
was arrested after an apprehended notorious car
snatcher and supposed pastor of a church, Gabriel
Asaolu, identified him to be one of those who bought
stolen cars from him. Continue...
Investigations by the police revealed that Ilesanmi
had bought two stolen cars, a Mitsubishi Montero
and a Toyota Avalon from the suspect before he was
arrested. The insignia of a Deputy Superintendent of
Police (DSP), an Assistant Commissioner of Police
(ACP), two photographs of the himself in DSP and
ACP uniforms as well as an unregistered SUV
believed to have been sold to him by another suspect
was discovered at his home.
When interrogated, Ilesanmi said he got the DSP
and ACP insignia from a friend, whom he identified
simply as Segun. He said he used the police uniforms
to help in clearing vehicles which he deals in
"I used to deal in cars. I usually travel to the Benin
Republic to get vehicles. I would hang the ACP
uniform on the backseat of my vehicle so that
customs officials would not disturb me. With this
trick, I smuggled in about six cars between 2011 and
2014. At checkpoints, the police and other security
agencies would simply salute me, and let my vehicle
go. I did not usually pay duties at the entry point. I
sold the vehicles for prices ranging from N1.1m to
N1.5m. I got the DSP and ACP uniforms from a
friend named Segun. Till now, I don't know where he
got them from."
When asked how he met Asaolu, Ilesanmi replied,
"I knew Gabriel (Asaolu) as a pastor in a church at
the Oke Aro area in Ogun State. He told me he was
also a car dealer, and that he could supply vehicles to
me at cheaper prices. I had gone to the church for a
revival. He also said he was an Ondo State indigene.
Later, we went into car-selling deals. I never knew
he was an armed robbery suspect. In August 2011, he
called me that he wanted to sell some cars, but he
sold only the Toyota Avalon to me. I bought it from
him for N750,000. I was using the car. I did not sell
it. Apart from smuggling, I also used the police
uniform to attract consultancy jobs from companies
in Lagos which sent their officials to me for training.
I trained some security guards for many companies. I
regret being a fake policeman, but it is just
unfortunate." he said
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