Man exposes girlfriend as fake soldier

The 323 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian
Army, Akure, Ondo State, has arrested a
woman, Angela Omieh, for posing as a
soldier.
Sets of military uniform, police extract and a
sworn affidavit for loss of her military
identity card were said to have been found
with her.
The Public Relations Officer of the brigade,
Captain Ademola Adegoke, said Omieh was
arrested following a report by her boyfriend.
According to him, Omieh, who resides in Mile
3, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was
discovered to be in possession of two pairs of
camouflage, camouflage T-shirt and short, one
pair of desert boot, one jungle hat and three
handsets.
He said the suspect had been parading herself
as a soldier attached to the 149 Battalion, but
deployed to Joint Task Force, Warri for duty.
Adegoke explained that the suspect's
boyfriend, Mr. Collins Jegede, narrated how
she met Omieh on a social network where she
appeared in military outfit.
Jegede said he wooed her and she paid him a
visit in January 2014 in full military uniform.
Jegede was also said to have reciprocated the
visit, but was surprised that Onieh lodged him
in a hotel at the Ijaiye area of Lagos State
instead of 149 Battalion, Ojo Military
Barracks, where she had claimed to be
working.
Adegoke said, "Jegede reported the case to the
officer-in-charge of a military checkpoint at
Owo following his suspicion that his girlfriend
was a fake soldier."
The suspect admitted that she was fake,
adding that it was meant to make ends meet.
She said, "I bought the uniform from Army
depot in Zaria. I attended the Nigerian Army
depot in Zaria, Kaduna State. I could not
continue my education when my father died,
so I decided to buy the kits to help me travel
to Cotonou, Benin Republic for business with
ease."