Teenage impostor of Police sentenced to 12 years in imprisonment

Bawku (UE), April 18, GNA- Abeyoog Awuni Abdulai, an 18-year old former High School student has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by the Bawku Magistrate court for posing as a policeman. Prosecuting, the Bawku Municipal Commander of Police, DSP Blewashie Godwin Cashman told the court that on April 10 this year at about 1.30 am, Abdulai entered the police sleeping room when all the policemen were asleep with the exception of Constable Edmond Kuma Mensah and Constable Jonathan Asamoah, who questioned the impostor, who was wearing a camouflaged police uniform.

When the constables questioned him, the culprit said he was a policeman from Sunyani and when asked about his police identification number, he mentioned "26" and when probed further he said his number was "26 B".

At this juncture, the constables suspected that he was an impostor and apprehended him and handed him over for interrogations where he confessed that he was not a policeman. During interrogation, he said he picked the police camouflaged uniform on the veranda of the premises. DSP Cashman said the culprit was then charged on four counts of stealing, unlawful possession of police accoutrement, unlawful entering and breaking curfew and was put before the Bawku Magistrate court, presided over by Mr. Paul Alhassan.

He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months in imprisonment on each count but he was ordered to serve 12 months concurrently on the four counts of charges.