The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday says it has apprehended four police officers who allegedly harassed and extorted N70, 000 from a 16-year-old student.
Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, Lagos State the Commissioner of Police, made this known in a statement signed on Friday by the Command’s spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
“The pictures of the policemen caught in the acts of unprofessionalism and extortion, have gone viral on the social media.
“This attracted the Complaint Response Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Force Headquarters Abuja, and decided to track the policemen for needed police action.
Odumosu said, “After due interrogation, the policemen confessed to the crime and refunded the money to the student on bond, which forms the key credible evidence in the case,”.
He said that the acts of the inspectors were counterproductive to the ongoing reform agenda of Mr. Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector General of Police.
He said, “I have ordered the orderly room trial of the inspectors with immediate effect so as to serve as deterrents to other criminally-minded police personnel in the command and beyond,”.
The Police boss said the command would spread its tentacles in its continuous efforts to fight unprofessional and disgusting acts among police personnel in Lagos State.
He also assured the general public of people-oriented and community-based policing styles in Lagos State.