Lagos CP goes tough on policemen extorting money from motorists
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By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta)
NIGERIA: THE Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has ordered the arrest of three police officers allegedly caught extorting money from motorists in Surulere area of the state.
The Command Public Relations Officer, Olarinde Famous-Cole, explained in a news release made available to GatewayMail that Edgal in similar vein ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police, in charge of Administration, to query the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in-charge of the area.
Also, the Commissioner said that a report on the conduct of the DPO on poor supervision of his men would be made to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris.
He, therefore, directed that henceforth only Heads of Departments, Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers, who are directly in charge of their departments or stations, should be the only ones allowed to sign a detention order in the command.
The Commissioner further declared that under no circumstances should any other person sign detention order, while adding that any area command found guilty of any unworthy or shameful acts to the police force would be sanctioned.
He declared that Area commanders or DPOs would be held liable for unnecessary detention of citizens.
“It has become very vital for all officers and men in Lagos State Police Command to adhere to these instructions and on no account will the fundamental rights of the citizens of Lagos be trampled upon under my watch,” Edgal said.
He stated that the officers found guilty of extorting money from motorists had already faced disciplinary actions.
The Commissioner maintained that the police force in the state would no longer tolerate any act of lawlessness from its personnel.
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