…dismiss officers will be arraigned in court soon..CP
In effort to bring sanity to the police force, Ogun state Command have paraded three police officers who illegally extorted an innocent man in Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun state.
This was revealed earlier today by the Ogun state Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alamutu at the state Headquarters, Eleweran Abeokuta.
The suspect,
1. CPL IDOWU SUNDAY ‘M’
2. INSPECTOR TAIWO KOLAWOLE ‘M’
3. INSPECTOR JOHN OGBE ‘M’
4. ADESIYAN MATHEW ‘M’
The victim, Kashimawo Emmanuel reported that he came across a gang of four armed men and one of them was putting on a Police round neck camouflage, while 3 others were on mufti.
He said they demanded for his phone, which he calmly declined. In the process, one of them fired a shot into the air and that was when he complied.
They entered into his car and took him away towards Sagamu expressway, on getting to Ososa, they made a u-turn to Ijebu-ode, where a sum of three hundred and twelve thousand naira was forcefully transferred from his account to an Opay account no. 9097829766.
Upon the receipt of the report, the DPO of Ijebu-Ode quickly made a call to the Opay account number, where it was discovered that the Opay account number belongs to a POS operator in Ijebu-ode.
The DPO then gave instruction that on no account should the POS operator give out the money transferred to him to anyone who comes for it. More so, the operator should tactically delay anyone who comes for the money pending his arrival.
On getting to the POS shop at Ibadan garage, one Force No 513707 Cpl Idowu Sunday attached to Ijebu-Ife was met waiting to cash the money and was promptly arrested.
While taking him to the station, he sighted his accomplices. namely AP/No 341113 Inspector Taiwo Kolawole, AP/No 309292 Inspector John Ogbe both were attached Ijebu-Ife division, and one civilian, Adesiyan Mathew who happened to be the driver was also arrested.
The Commissioner of Police said the suspects who were police officers have faced orderly room trial and have been dismissed, as they will face the court soon.