The money was allegedly meant for bail.
Officer in charge of Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) ACP Abayomi Shogunle gave the name of the dismissed personnel as: AP. No 122800 Inspr. Mufutau Olaosun, F/No. 366127 Sgt. Adebayo Temitope, F/No. 455593 Cpl. Bakare Taiwo and F/No. 455554 Cpl. Adesoye Ayokunlehin.
In a statement in Abuja yesterday, the police said on June 12, 2017, the unit received a complaint via its WhatsApp number 08057000003 about misconduct of some policemen.
The complainant, according to the statement, said he was sent by his boss to withdraw money from the bank and on his way back, a police car pulled over. The policemen in the vehicle collected his phone and he was accused of stealing the phone.
He added that he was taken to the station where he was accused of being an Internet fraudster, he was beaten, forced to write a statement dictated to him and that N50,000 was collected as money for bail.
Shogunle said the complaint was immediately registered with tracking number PCRRU451591 and investigation initiated.
According to the statement:
“The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Igbeba Division, Ijebu-Ode was mandated to commence an enquiry straightaway.
“The policemen were identified and it was discovered that they apprehended the complainant on June 7, 2017 without any reasonable cause and extorted the sum of N50,000; bail money despite the #BailisFree campaign before he was eventually released same day.
“The extorted N50,000 was subsequently recovered from these unethical policemen, who were armed in plain clothes on the day of the incident. Their action is contrary to the directives of the Inspector-General of Police and unacceptable…
“The complainant was also handed back his N50,000 with an apology a day after he lodged the complaint.”
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