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IGP Egbetokun Commends Lagos Cops For Rejecting N4M Bribe During Investigation

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D, NPM, has commended the officer in charge of the Police tactical team attached to Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State Command, SP Rilwan Kasumu, and team, for rejecting the sum of four million Naira (#4,000,000) bribe while investigating a case of drug peddling and unlawful possession of ammunition.

The team had arrested one Esther Newman Obiekezie, f, 42 years, aka Candy, of No 6, Mojirade Street, Ilogbo Lagos, on 6th February, 2024, at her base where she sells drugs called ICE, and recovered a large quantity of the substance and some AK47 live ammunition from her.

In the course of the investigation, the duo of Akete Esther, f, 43, and Oke Okebalam, m, 49 years, of Ajamgbadi Lagos, came to the station in Ijanikin, to solicit for the release of the drug peddler, Esther, and offered the sum of four million naira, and pleaded that the Police should stop disrupting the illegal business (drug peddling) of Esther, henceforth.

The Police officer, who frowned at the offer, seized the cash and marked it as exhibit and arrested the duo for further investigation and prosecution.

The IGP, therefore, reiterated the commitment of the Force to harnessing all available means and adopting professional anti crime strategies to tackle all forms of crimes and criminality in Nigeria.

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