ABISOYE JOHNSON
THREE policemen have been dismissed from Service for allegedly forcefully extorting N153,000 from one Sheriff Adedigba.
The officers – Inspector Sunday John, Sgt Jimoh Asimiya and Sgt Solomon Adedapo – were alleged to have forcefully extorted the amount from Adedigba on his way to Lagos, from Abeokuta, in Ogun State.
Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had ordered the immediate arrest and detention of the officers involved in the act, when the news broke on social media.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the three policemen were quickly identified and apprehended while the money was recovered from them and returned to the victim.
Oyeyemi said the three suspects were subsequently arraigned for departmental orderly room trial and found guilty on all three-count charges of corrupt practices, discreditable conduct and disobedience to a lawful order.
They were subsequently dismissed from the Force to serve as deterrent to others treading similar paths, the PPRO said.
The victim, according to the Police, was also present to give evidence.
He commended the Commissioner of Police and the management team for their prompt response to the incident, which he said had rekindled his hope in the Nigeria Police Force.
