LAGOS CP ORDERS PROBE INTO BRIBERY ALLEGATION AGAINST DPO
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Adegoke Fayoade, the commissioner of police for Lagos State, has mandated an investigation into the bribery charge brought against Godwin Okoruwa, the Epe Divisional Police Officer.
The leadership added that the officer had been told to “step aside” until the investigation was concluded.
In response to a story published on Sunday by an online magazine with the heading “Lagos DPO Queried For Accepting N2m To Release Suspected Armed Robbers,” State Police Public Relations Officer Benjamin Humdeyin made this revelation on Monday via his X account @BenHundeyin.
It has been revealed that Fayoade questioned Okoruwa about his alleged acceptance of a N2 million check from a monarch in Epe in exchange for the release of four suspected armed robbers who had been apprehended by division detectives during a stop-and-search operation.
The king was reported to have called Okoruwa and informed him that the individuals who were apprehended were his men and not armed robbers, at which point the accused were thought to be under investigation.
But Hundeyin denied that the CP had questioned the DPO about the accusation.
He wrote, “CP Adegoke Fayoade has ordered an investigation into the allegations contained in this publication. Pending the outcome of the investigation and on the instructions of the CP, the DPO has stepped aside.
“Meanwhile, we can confirm that the suspects were transferred to the headquarters the same day they were arrested, and there is no truth in the claim that the DPO was queried.”
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