Recall that the officer was captured in a video posted on Twitter
on Saturday counting the money after extorting it from the motorist.
The police spokesperson in Lagos State, Bala Elkana, said in a
statement on Sunday that the money was handed to the man by the
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, on Sunday.
The police posted a photo on Twitter showing the man receiving the money.
It was gathered that the officer, Taloju Martins, alongside other
police officers ‘arrested’ the unidentified victim and confiscated his
car on Friday along Ago Palace Road, Okota, apparently for violating the
Lagos State government stay-at-home order to halt the spread of the
novel coronavirus.
He was allegedly forced to pay N40,000 before he could get back his car.
The inspector, said to be the station officer at the Ago police
station, Okota, is seen in the video collecting wads of naira notes in
N1,000 denomination, and counting them to confirm how much the money
was.
The officer was arrested by the police on Saturday. He is to face an orderly room trial.
“The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu has
ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Criminal
Investigation to carry out an in-depth investigation into the activities
of Ago Police Station as a whole,” said Mr Elkana, a deputy
superintendent of police.
“Commissioner of Police has reaffirmed his stance against
corrupt practices and impunity. Members of the public will be updated on
the outcome of the investigation.”
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12th April, 2020.— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) April 12, 2020
Press Release
Police Inspector in viral video arrested and tried for extortion
Attention of Lagos State Police Command is drawn to a video on social media in which an Inspector was captured counting #40,000 he extorted from the owner pic.twitter.com/q59VoU80gU
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