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Osun Assembly Speaker Arrest Nigerian Police Officer For Extorting Money From Youths (Video)

 

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of the police personnel that were caught extorting money from youths in Osun by the State House of Assembly Speaker, Adewale Egbedun.

The police in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria disclosed this in a statement released by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Opalola Yemise Olawoyin, who described the actions of the arrested policemen as unprofessional and against the ethical codes of the force.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that Osun Assembly Speaker, Egbedun in a video posted by a Twitter user, Alákòwé, caught some personnel of the police force extorting money from youths in the state.

 

In the video, a voice is heard accusing the policemen of always stopping youths on the highway and asking them to transfer money before they would be allowed to go.  He said. “They stop the youth in Osun and collect money from the youth. They make transfers to the police and Mr Speaker is collecting back the money right away with immediate effect.” The Speaker appears visibly angry at the situation in the video. He described the action of the policemen as inappropriate and asked people in his entourage to keep videoing the policemen.  “What kind of rubbish is that, do their video,” the Speaker said.  Providing more information on the incident, the police’s statement said the incident occurred along Ile-Ogbo/Iwo axis, adding that the culprits had been identified, arrested and detained since Thursday.  The statement reads: “This is to inform the general public that the Osun State Police Command is aware of the viral video trending on social media showing some policemen extorting commuters along Ile-Ogbo/Iwo axis.

“The Police officers involved in this unprofessional and unethical behaviour have been identified, arrested and detained.

“The police Command frowned and condemned the act in totality as the erring police officers are currently in detention since Thursday, 10/08/2023 and undergoing investigation and eventual disciplinary procedure of orderly room trial for their unprofessional conduct while the senior officer among them has been queried accordingly.

“The Commissioner of Police wishes to apprise the general public, most especially the good people of Osun State that, he will never condone any act of indiscipline and unprofessional conduct exhibited by any member of the Nigeria Police under his watch.”

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