Ogun State Police Command has dismissed three of its officers for extorting N312,000 from a student of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) Ijagun, Kashimao Emmanuel.
The three dismissed officers, attached to Ijebu Ife in Ijebu East local government, in Ogun State are Cpl Idowu Sunday, inspectors Taiwo Kolawole and John Ogbe.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Abiodun Alamutu, said the officers were dismissed after orderly room trial.
The police boss explained that the victim was driving in a brown coloured Toyota Venza car, when he was flagged down about three weeks ago by four armed men, one of whom was wearing police camouflage with others in mufti.
“They demanded for his phone, which he calmly declined. In the process, one of them fired a shot into the air and that was when he complied.
“They entered into his car and took him away towards Sagamu expressway, on getting to Ososa, they made a u-turn to Ijebu-ode, where a sum of three hundred and twelve thousand naira was forcefully transferred from his account to an Opay account no. 9097729766.”
The Commissioner stated that upon receipt of the complaint from the victim, a call was put through to a PoS operator who uses the number, instructing him not to pay the money to anyone until he comes.
The operator was also instructed to use delay tactics, in case anyone comes for the money, until the police arrive at the scene.
“Upon the receipt of the report, the DPO quickly made a call to the Opay account number where it was discovered that the Opay account number belongs to a POS operator in Ijebu-ode.“
Alamutu said on getting to the POS shop at Ibadan garage, Sunday attached to Ijebu-Ife was met waiting to cash the money and was promptly arrested.
He said while the suspect was being taken to the station, he identified his accomplices Kolawole, Ogbe and one civilian, Adesiyan Mathew who happened to be the driver and who was also arrested.
Alamutu added that two other complainants who were victims at various times, during the investigation, came forward and identified them to have earlier robbed them of their belongings in the same manner.
The three dismissed officers will soon be charged to court.
