A Nigerian army deserter, Emmanuel Anthony, who was recently dismissed for impersonation has been re-arrested for armed robbery.

The 24-year-old dismissed soldier fled Maiduguri for fear of Boko Haram insurgency and relocated to Lagos State to impersonate as a Lieutenant while extorting people.

The Akwa Ibom State indigene was arrested and arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court in April 2018, for impersonating a lieutenant in the Nigerian army as well as for other crimes.

The defendant’s photograph was reportedly spotted online by a man who identified him as a member of the gang that snatched his Lexus SUV on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway sometime in February 2018.

The victim went to the station and reported to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Ibrahim, at the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos.

AIG Ibrahim in a swift response to the new information on the defendant recalled him from the court.

The Zone 2 Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Dolapo Badmos, said Anthony confessed to the crime and would also be charged with robbery.