Hakeem Odumosu Orders Trial Of Arrested Isheri Extortionists

<p>Hakeem Odumosu orders trial of police officers arrested for extortion<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Commissioner of Police&comma; Lagos State Police Command&comma; Hakeem Odumosu&comma; has ordered the commencement of orderly room trial of four Inspected who were involved in extortion in Lagos&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a statement signed by Muyiwa Adejobi&comma; spokesman of the Command&comma; CP Hakeem <strong>Odumosu<&sol;strong> orders the immediate trial on account of the glaring evidence against the officers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The statement from Adejobi titled &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Isheri Alleged Police Extortion&colon; Lagos Police Arrest 4 Cops&comma; Commence Trial&comma;” reads&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four police Inspectors that allegedly harassed and extorted 70&comma;000 &lpar;seventy thousand naira only&rpar; from one 16 year old student&comma; Segun&comma; on 18th January&comma; 202&comma; at NGAB Junction&comma; Isheri Area of Lagos State&comma; in a Toyota Corolla car&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The picture of the policemen&comma; that were caught in the act of unprofessionalism and extortion&comma; had gone viral on the social media which attracted the Complaint Response Unit of the Nigeria Police Force&comma; Force Headquarters Abuja&comma; to track the policemen for necessary police action&period; The matter was subsequently referred to the Lagos State Police Command for further action&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The police Inspectors arrested are&colon;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>1&period; 223329 Inspr Emmanuel Michael&comma; m&comma; 40<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>2&period; 146504 Inspr Subday Odubiyi&comma; m&comma; 40<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>3&period; 256496 Inspr Lawrence Amedu&comma; m&comma; 39&comma; and <&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>4&period; 255043 Inspr Aroye Dickson&comma; m&comma; 40<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>After due interrogation&comma; the policemen confessed to the crime and refunded the 70&comma;000 &lpar;seven thousand naira&rpar; to the student&comma; on bond&comma; which forms the key credible evidence&sol;exhibit in the case&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The Commissioner of Police&comma; Lagos State&comma; Hakeem Odumosu&comma; has condemned the act of the Police Inspectors which is detrimental to the image of the Police Force and counterproductive to the ongoing reform agenda of the Inspector-General of Police&comma; IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu&comma; NPM&comma; mni&period; He has however ordered for the orderly room trial of the Inspectors with immediate effect so as to serve as deterrent to other criminally-minded police personnel in the command and beyond&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>CP Hakeem Odumosu also warned officers and men in Lagos State that the command will spread its tentacles in fighting against such criminal&comma; unprofessional and disgusting act amongst police personnel in Lagos State&period; He also assured the general public of people-oriented and community-based policing styles in Lagos State&comma; as justice will be done in Segun&&num;8217&semi;s case&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;