The Lagos police commissioner, Idowu Owohunwa, has removed the Meiran Divisional Police Officer, Tony Abutu, and three other policemen for extorting N200,000 from a mobile phone engineer and dealer, Ibrahim Saliu.
Saliu revealed that some policemen detained him and his brother, Olaiya Murtala, for not providing an identity card or the receipts for the iPhones found with his brother.
He added that he sent his brother to his shop with six iPhones, saying that during a stop-and-search, the policemen arrested and took him to the police station.
The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, after being contacted said: “If the allegation is proven to be true, that is wrong and unprofessional. In the meantime, I urge the complainant to get across to the Complaint Response Unit of the state police command and that issue will be looked into.”
In an update on Wednesday, October 18, in a post on X, Hundenyin wrote: “CP Idowu 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.”