Ndudi Anyim
Three Policemen indicted for forcefully extorting a Lagos State University (LASU) student, Sheriff Adedigba of N153,000 have been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
The three Policemen, Inspector Sunday John, Sergeant Jimoh Asimiya and Sergeant Solomon Adedapo had committed the crime when they accosted the victim who was traveling from Abeokuta, Ogun State to Lagos State.
Recall that complaints of the cruel act had littered social media, which got the Commissioner of Police (CP), Edward Ajogun to order the immediate arrest and detention of the officers.
According to a statement by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), the Policemen were tried in orderly room trial on three count charge of corrupt practices, discreditable conduct and disobedience to lawful order.
“They were found guilty of all the charges, and subsequently dismissed from the force to serve as deterrent to others in their shoes. The victim, who was also present to give evidence was full of praise for the Commissioner of Police and the management team, for their prompt response to the incident, which he said rekindled his hope in the Nigeria Police Force.
“Meanwhile, the CP has appealed to members of the public to always endeavour to report any act of misconduct from any officer of the command to him personally, or through any of the principal officers of the command, as such will be treated with utmost urgency.
“He also warned officers of the command to desist from any act capable of tarnishing the image of the command as such will not be condoned,” Oyeyemi said.