Lagos resident extorted by police officer gets back his N40,000
- The Lagos police command returns the sum of N40,000 to a motorist who was a victim of police extortion by an errant officer
- Bala Elkana, the spokesperson for the command said the commissioner of police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, handed the money to the man
- A police officer, Taloju Martins, who is alleged to have extorted the motorist has been arrested and is to face an orderly room trial
The Lagos police command has returned the sum of N40,000 to a motorist who was a victim of police extortion by an errant officer.
Bala Elkana, the spokesperson for the Lagos police command said the commissioner of police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, handed the money to the man on Sunday, April 12, Premium Times reports.
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A police officer, Taloju Martins, is reported to have allegedly extorted the motorist for violating the Lagos state government stay-at-home order to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The officer was arrested by the police and he is to face an orderly room trial for the alleged extortion.
Meanwhile, members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Asaba, Delta state have withdrawn their services indefinitely.
The Nation reports that the doctors made the move over alleged harassment by security operatives enforcing lockdown directive. Legit.ng gathers that the lockdown order was issued by the state government as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The president of the ARD, Asaba FMC chapter, Osifo Patrick Nwabunor, said since the lockdown started on Wednesday, April 1, health workers in the state have been subjected to constant harassment by the police even when they present valid means of identification as essential service providers.
Nwabunor said the harassment came to a climax on Thursday, April 9, when a doctor, who was going for an emergency, was stopped and harassed.
He added that when other colleagues came to his rescue, they were allegedly tear-gassed.
In another report, the commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), DCP Olatunji Disu, led a team of police officers to impound 13 vehicles in Alapere area of the metropolis for not complying with the stay-at-home order of the federal government, just as the team dispersed a group of over 150 youths engaged in physical exercise at Ketu area of Lagos.
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Speaking on the exercise, DCP Disu stated that the impounded vehicles, which included three cars, seven buses and three 4-Wheel Drive Jeeps, were caught carrying passengers without a valid excuse, thereby violating the directive of the government.
While noting that motorists on essential services and those with a valid reason for being on the road despite the directive were allowed passage, Disu said all the vehicles impounded have since been handed over to Alapere divisional police station for further investigation.
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