How 2 Dismissed Police Officers Marched Suspect To Bank & Emptied His Account

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

The Police have reacted over the dismissal of two Police officers recently by Kwara State Police Command which generated reactions and interest from stakeholders especially with the petition said to have been written by the duo to the Inspector General of Police seeking for reinstatement to the Force.

P.M.EXPRESS reports as was disclosed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, stating that the affected officers were thoroughly investigated and found wanting in the discharge of their duties.

The statement reads: “On 10th July, 2020, after review of all pending proceedings of Orderly Room Trials of erring officers in the Command, the Commissioner of Police, duly approved punishment of dismissal against four erring Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs) who were found guilty of serious offences against discipline”.

“Various other punishments were awarded and upheld against 8 others while 3 were discharged and acquitted in the trials”.“The Commissioner of Police however, ordered retrial in one of the cases involving another 4 officers”.“One of the cases, tried, reviewed and in which punishment of dismissal was upheld was the one involving the duo of ex Sgt. Sola Akano and ex Cpl Babatunde Glorious”.“They were alleged to have illegally arrested a suspect, booked the suspect already in their custody out on enquiry but took him to his bank at Zenith Bank, Unity Road, Ilorin, where he was made to empty his bank account, withdrawing the sum of N1,190,000 which the dismissed officers collected from him.

“Not done, they again demanded for and insisted on the sum of N200,000 for bail which they also collected from members of the suspect’s family before releasing him”.“Not done, the duo seized the two phones of the suspect and as at the time of their arrests, the two phones have already been converted to their personal use. It was after the suspect regained his freedom that the matter was brought before the Commissioner of Police, who ordered the investigation of the two ex NCOs”.“This was assigned to the Assistant Commissioner of Police, then in charge of IGP Xsquad, Ilorin, ACP Jephta Nengi, a very upright and thorough officer. The ACP and his team did a thorough job as expected and all the facts stated above were established against the dismissed officers”.

“The team also discovered that ex Cpl Babatunde Glorious has also converted one of the two phones seized from the suspect, iPhone 11 promax, to his personal use with many of his personal pictures and pictures of members of his family seen on the phone. The two NCOs were subsequently tried in Orderly Room in accordance with Police Regulations and were consequently dismissed from the Force”.

“In approving their dismissal, the Commissioner of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, noted and remarked as follows “The actions of the defaulters further dent the image of the Force. These are bad eggs that the Police cannot continue to harbour. Punishment of dismissal upheld please”“Members of the public should please note that any other stories being told about the dismissal of the ex NCOs are mere falsehood, fabricated with the false hope of ambushing justice already dispensed in this matter please” the statement added.