Crime
Police dismiss four officers for extorting suspect in Kwara
Kwara State Police Command have dismissed four police officers for being guilty of misconduct and extortion of a suspect.
The state police commissioner has ordered a retrial in one of the cases involving the four officers.
This was made known by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Peter Okasanmi.
The PPRO disclosed that eight other officers were also sanctioned for related offences.
Okasanmi said;
“One of the cases tried, reviewed and in which punishment of dismissal was upheld involved the duo of ex-Sgt Sola Akano, and ex- Cpl Babatunde Glorious.
“They were alleged to have illegally arrested a suspect, booked the suspect already in their custody out on enquiry, but took him to his bank, where he was made to empty his bank account, withdrawing the sum of N1,190,000 for the dismissed officers.
“Not done, they again demanded and insisted on the sum of N200,000 bail which they also collected from members of the suspect’s family before releasing him.
“The duo also seized the two phones of the suspect and as at the time of their arrest, the two phones had already been checked and converted to their personal use.
“It was after the suspect regained his freedom that the matter was brought before the police commissioner, who ordered the investigation of the two ex-non commissioned officers.”
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