The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command to immediately carry out discrete investigations into the incident depicted in a trending video from a location believed to be in Kogi State.
According to Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, the IGP calls for calm, noting that at the end of the investigations, justice will be done to the victim of the incident and police personnel found guilty, brought to book.
It will be recalled that a video went viral showed where an armed police officer slapped a passenger travelling in a commercial bus.
The man, in the video, explained that a team of police officers stopped a commercial bus to carry out a search and found a laptop with a man who said he was a student and used the laptop for his assignments. The man claimed the officers did not believe the student and demanded a bribe of N25, 000.
In his account, one of the officers removed his uniform and took the student to a point-of-sale operator where they made the student withdraw N25, 000 and handed it over to them as they did not want it transferred to any of their accounts to avoid detection.
He further claimed that when one of the passengers frowned on the intimidation, extortion, and threat by one of the officers to shoot, the officer got angry and slapped the man.
Meanwhile,
The Kogi State Police Command has commenced investigations into the trending video of extortion and assault.
According to DSP William Ovye Aya,
Police Public Relations Officer, the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, CP Idrisu Dauda Dabban, while condemning the incident, noted that the Police officers have been identified and detained at the State Criminal Investigations Department. The officers are: ASP Isah Barnabas, Inspector Ifediegwu Godwin, Sgt Emmanuel Ochima and CPL Umameh Mathias who physically assaulted one of the travellers.
The Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) has been issued an official query while the three (3) other junior officers are currently undergoing orderly room trial (Police internal disciplinary actions).
The CP further noted that the Command is doing its best to establish contact with the victims.
He enjoined the victims to reach out to the Command thorough the GSM number 08107899269.
He assured that any of the officers found wanting in the investigations would be dealt with accordingly.
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