Police still in search of Oyo officers who extort resident of phone and N150,000

We’re is still in search of some officers who illegally extort a resident of the sum of N150,000 and a mobile phone, says Oyo State Police command.

It was gathered that a resident of Oyo State, Emmanuel Jesugbemi, on thursday had raised an alarm that some police officers in Apata area illegally collected money and his mobile phone.

The command in its reaction, said that it is in search of the uncultured officers.

The command in a statement  on Friday by its Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, noted that the command frown at the development.

Adewale Osifeso noted that the command is investigating the matter.

He further said, “The attention of the Oyo State Police Command was on Thursday 07/10/2021 drawn to a 1minute 50 seconds video made by one Emmanuel Jesugbemi, ‘m’, alleging that he was at gunpoint, robbed off his handset and cash to the tune of #150,000 (One hundred and fifty thousand naira) by rogue Police Operatives, purportedly attached to the Command around Apata area, under Ido LGA in Ibadan.

“It is worthy to note that the Command frowns at this serious misconduct and wishes to intimate members of public that the matter was immediately escalated through an investigative inquiry setup by the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, Ngozi Onadeko upon its receipt.

“Preliminary investigations have revealed the alleged Culprit identified by the Victim does not serve under Oyo State Command but was rather in the jurisdiction on other yet to be specified duties.

“Furthermore, investigations are in top gear to apprehend all the officers involved in the unpleasant actions of Thursday 07/10/2021 for their various involvements with the assurances of adequate sanctions meted out on all guilty parties upon recommendations from the Investigation panel”.

The Nigerian Police is designated by the 1999 constitution as the national police of Nigeria with exclusive jurisdiction throughout the country.