The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa has ordered the removal of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Meiran Police Station in the State over alleged extortion.
Earlier, an engineer, Ibrahim Saliu had claimed that some policemen attached to the Meiran Police Station in Lagos State extorted N200, 000 from him on Saturday.
Saliu noted that the officers, alongside the station’s DPO, threatened him and his brother with jail time should they fail to provide receipts for the phones seen with Saliu’s brother.
He said: “The DPO took the iPhones, removed the warranty stickers and declared that my brother and I are thieves and armed robbers.
“The next thing I heard was the DPO giving them an order to detain us and that we would be locked up for stealing and armed robbery. We were surprised that we started begging.
“We were then asked to make N500, 000 payment to secure our freedom but we agreed to N200, 000, paid in cash per the officers’ order”.
However, in a tweet confirming the incident on Wednesday, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed that the CP has ordered the immediate removal of the DPO.
Hundeyin wrote: “CP Owohunwa has ordered the immediate removal of DPO Meiran for leadership dereliction and supervisory ineptitude.
“Meanwhile, all the officers involved have been identified and are currently at the Command headquarters where their orderly room trial has commenced”.
