A policeman went naked
on Thursday after he was caught while trying to defraud a woman of N50,000 for
alleged traffic offence.
The
incident happened at a United Bank of Africa (UBA) premises, Surulere, Lagos.
It
was gathered that the policeman simply identified as Ogogor, who arrested a
woman for alleged traffic offence had demanded N30,000 bribe from her,
insisting that she would pay N50,000 should the matter get to the station.
He followed the woman
to withdraw the N30,000 not knowing she had put a call across to a rights
activist.
The
Nation reported that the unnamed activist contacted the Commissioner of Police,
Fatai Owoseni, who immediately sent policemen to the scene with an order to
apprehend the errant personnel.
It was learnt that
drama ensued as Ogogor ran under a vehicle parked within the premises when he
saw policemen at the scene but was eventually caught, dragged out by his
colleagues and arrested.
A
police source said: “He became violent. He started tearing his uniform and went
naked in public when he was dragged from underneath the vehicle.
“He striped to his pant
to avoid being arrested but some area boys came to assist the policemen who
came from the CP’s office to effect the arrest and they dragged him into the
police van.”
Ogogor
has been detained at the X-Squad unit at the police command until he is charged
to court.
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