The Lagos state police command says it has arrested four
officers who allegedly harassed and extorted N70,000 from a 16-year-old
student.
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesman of the command, disclosed this
in a statement issued on Friday.
The incident was said to have occurred on Wednesday, at
Isheri area of Lagos.
According to the statement, Hakeem Odumosu, Lagos
commissioner of police, said pictures of the alleged extortion attracted the
complaint response unit of the force, which led to the tracking of the officers
involved.
“The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four (4) police
Inspectors that allegedly harassed and extorted 70,000 (seventy thousand naira
only) from one 16-year-old student, Segun, on 18th January, 2021, at NGAB
Junction, Isheri Area of Lagos State, in a Toyota Corolla car,” the statement
reads.
“The picture of the policemen that were caught in the act of
unprofessionalism and extortion, had gone viral on the social media which
attracted the Complaint Response Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Force Headquarters
Abuja, to track the policemen for necessary police action.
“The matter was subsequently referred to the Lagos State
Police Command for further action.”
The officers arrested were identified as “1. 223329 Inspr
Emmanuel Michael, m, 40; 2. 146504 Inspr Subday Odubiyi, m, 40 3. 256496 Inspr
Lawrence Amedu, m, 39, and 4. 255043 Inspr Aroye Dickson, m, 40.”
They were said to have confessed to the crime “after due
interrogation”, and refunded the N70,000 to the student.
Odumosu, who condemned the action of the officers, described
it as “detrimental to the image of the Police Force and counterproductive to
the ongoing reform agenda of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed
Abubakar Adamu, NPM, mni”.
The statement also noted that the police commissioner has
directed an orderly room trial of the officers “to serve as a deterrent to
other criminally-minded police personnel in the command and beyond”.
Odumosu also warned officers “against such criminal,
unprofessional and disgusting act amongst police personnel”, and assured the
general public that justice would be served.
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