The Lagos State Police Command has announced the dismissal of a police officer after he was found guilty of extorting the sum of N98,000 from a man.
The police officer, Sergeant Ekpo Shimuyere from Sogunle Division was initially accused of using his position to forcefully take the sum of N98,000 from a man was found guilty after investigations were conducted.
According to the state police command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Shimuyere was disrobed and dismissed by the Provost Department of the command for his disgraceful act.
It was reported that the dismissed policeman collected the young man’s phone and used a POS operator to transfer N98,000 out of the N100,000 in the young man’s bank account.
He said “police got the complaint from the victim and the officer denied the crime when he was contacted. The command placed him under detention so that he will not tamper with the evidence.”
“We wrote to his bank and obtained his statement of account. We were able to trace the money to where the POS operator transferred it before transferring the money to the officer’s account.”
“We followed due process to get his account. The victim was invited in the course of investigation, and he testified.”
“The POS operator was also invited and he said the officer requested him to transfer the money from the victim’s account to another one.”
Hundeyin added that Shimuyere was put through an Orderly Room trial in accordance with the law and his dismissal was approved by the Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, Mr. Idowu Owohunwa after thorough review of the trial.
