Osun State Police Command says it has arrested some Policemen for extorting commuters along Ile-Ogbo/Iwo axis of the State.
A video that is circulating social media showed the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun, challenging the errant Policemen for extorting the commuters.
According to the State Police Spokesperson, SP Opalola Yemisi, confirmed that the Policemen have been in detention since Thursday.
“The Police officers involved in this unprofessional and unethical behavior have been identified, arrested, and detained.
“The Police Command frowned and condemned the act in totality as the erring police officers are currently in detention since Thursday, and undergoing investigation and eventual disciplinary procedure of orderly room trial for their unprofessional conduct while the senior officer among them has been queried accordingly.
“The Commissioner of Police wishes to apprise the general public, most especially the good people of Osun State, that he will never condone any act of indiscipline and unprofessional conduct exhibited by any member of the Nigeria Police under his watch,” she said.
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