The Lagos state police
command of the Nigeria police force has dismissed three officers it found
guilty of illegal arrest and extortion.
The affected officers are Okelue Nkemeonye, Braimoh Sunday and
Yusuf Olukoga.
Abayomi Shogunle, an assistant commissioner of police, who
disclosed this, encouraged members of the public to report the misconduct of
police officers.
He said action was taken against the dismissed officers after a
complaint.
The complainant had told the public complaint rapid response unit
that he was arrested at gunpoint and money was forcefully collected from him
after he was assaulted.
Shogunle said after investigation, it was found out that the
allegations were true.
“Upon the receipt of the complaint, a case with tracking number
PCRRU637624 was registered and acknowledgment of complaint sent to the
complainant,” the statement read.
“PCRRU Investigation team was dispatched to Ikorodu where all the
three dismissed policemen including AP No. 98199 ASP Bayo Obadia who led the
team were apprehended. PCRRU preliminary investigation reveals that all the
allegations contained in the WhatsApp message actually happened.
“Also the four police officers who were armed on the day of the
incident falsely paraded themselves as operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad
(SARS) despite not being posted to SARS by police authorities. Investigation
also shows that the officers extorted a total sum of N200,000 from the young
men who they tagged ‘Yahoo Yahoo Boys’, the money was force from them via
N90,000 ATM withdrawal and N110,000 mobile bank money transfer to a third party
account provided by the policemen.
” All the extorted N200,000 was recovered by the PCRRU
Investigators.
“The inspector-general of police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni
has commended the complainant for coming forward to report the incident to
PCRRU, the IGP has also said that all allegations of professional misconduct
reported against any police officer would be treated in line with relevant laws
and in keeping to the ‘Change Begins With Me Campaign’ of the federal
government.”
He encouraged members of the public to report cases of police
misconduct to the PCRRU through the following numbers and platforms:
08057000001, 08057000002 (phone calls only), 08057000003 (SMS/WhatsApp only)
| BBM:58A2B5DE, | Twitter: @PoliceNG_PCRRU | Facebook:
www.facebook.com/PolicePCRRU | Email: complaint@npf.gov.ng
OR PolicePCRRU@gmail.com.
Two weeks ago, four officers in Ogun state
were dismissed for a similar offence.
- The Cable
No comments:
Post a Comment