Some officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Osun State Command have been arrested for extorting N75,000 from travellers along Ido-Osun road.
The incident which happened on Thursday evening along Ido-Osun road, Egbedore Local Government area of the State led to protest by travellers, who accused the armed policemen of standing in the middle of the road and extorting them.
Upon sighting the convoy of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, the aggrieved persons stopped the convoy and reported the illegal activities of the policemen to the head of the state parliament.
An arrest followed the quick intervention of the Speaker, who immediately confronted the policemen of the extortion and mandated them to refund the money back to the owners.
Reacting to the incident, Adejobi confirmed that the officers involved in the act have been arrested and said necessary action would be taken against them.
The FPRO tweet read, “The Commissioner of Police Osun State, CP Kehinde Longe, has acted on this. The officers have been arrested, and necessary action would be taken. The PPRO osun has been ordered to update us on the actions taken. We have zero tolerance for extortion and corruption in general.
“The IGP has made it clear severally. In fact, at the last IGP’s conference with senior officers in abuja on Tuesday, the IGP warned that no officer should bring money or gifts to him.
“He said, “I dont need your money. Dont bring any money to me. Use your legitimate money to improve the policing of your area of responsibility. ” So this goes a long way to describe the stuff the IGP is made of and the type of leadership he preaches in the NPF.
“So, no officer should use IGPs name to extort. No way. We have sent out IGP’S monitoring squad to arrest any erring officer, not only the Police, but other law enforcement agents who dwell in corruption and inappropriate behaviours.
“This is the original tradition, and we are reverting back to it. We need to sanitise our system and work with the government at all levels to inject sanity and decency into our system in all ramifications. Thanks.”
However, the Honourable Speaker Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun has charged Nigerians to be responsible citizens in whatever role they find themselves, noting that the answer to a better society that we all yearn for is a collective duty.
