FOUR POLICEMEN,THREE LASTMA OFFICIALS, ARRESTED FOR EXTORTION 

FOUR POLICEMEN,THREE LASTMA OFFICIALS, ARRESTED FOR EXTORTION

The Lagos Police Command has arrested four policemen and three officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,  LASTMA for allegedly extorting a journalist.

The policemen, Inspector Charles Omokaro, inspector Idara Akai, Sergeant, Chidi Mordi, Sergeant Joseph Bernard and the LASTMA officials,  Mr. Sam Adekunle, Mr. Omolaja Ige, Mrs. Modinat Folashade were nabbed after the publication by The Nation newspaper.

The Nation reporter who drew attention to the underhand dealings of some policemen he ran into on his way to Festac town Lagos in his publication, alleged that the men took him to First Gate of Festac Town which they have turned to an extortion point.

Sequel to the information gained from the publication, the CP directed the Area Commander in-charge of Area E, Festac, ACP Yusuf Ajape and the officer in charge of the Command  X-Squad Section, SP Aliu Abubakar, to carry out a covert operation around the aforementioned location leading to the arrest of the suspects.

According to the press statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti and made available to hotjist.com, they were caught trying to extort one Mr. Waheed Lamidi, whom they gave a Diamond bank account number 0020558133, titled Femi Adebanji to transfer the sum of seventy-five thousand Naira only (N75,000.00) when he complained that he had no cash.

Oti said the CP has directed that the suspects be brought to the Command Headquarters, X-Squad section, for thorough investigation and appropriate disciplinary action if found guilty.

He added that, the Command will always welcome opinions, comments and  criticism geared towards helping the Force rid bad eggs in its midst and improve service delivery and not comments designed to debase or ridicule the Force.