•The battered victim, Ihonde
The incident occurred at Hi-Tech yard, Eko Akete, Awoyaya, Ibeju Lekki.
After investigation by Corporal Raymond Udoeka and his team, the suspect, Emmanuel Joseph, 34, was charged before a Tinubu Magistrate’s court, Lagos on a five-count charge of felony to wit, assault occasioning harm, stealing and impersonation.
Narrating his ordeal in the hands of the suspected fake soldier to the police from his hospital bed, the severely injured victim, James Ihonde, a native of Benin City, Edo State, southsouth Nigeria, said: “I went to Hi-Tech yard to eat in a canteen and I met a man in military uniform with his friend inside the canteen. I requested for food from the owner of the canteen.
