Oyo State Police Command said it has launched an inquiry into the allegations of extortion levelled against some suspected officers of the Command.
In a statement, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the Command frowns at the attitude of the officers in a viral video, in which a man accused some officers of the command of robbing him of N150,000 at gunpoint around the Apata area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
The statement read: “The attention of the Oyo State Police Command was on Thursday 07/10/2021 drawn to a 1minute 50 seconds video made by one Emmanuel Jesugbemi, ‘m’, alleging that he was at gunpoint, robbed of his handset and cash to the tune of N150,000 by rogue Police Operatives, purportedly attached to the Command around Apata area, under Ido LGA in Ibadan.
“It is worthy to note that the Command frowns at this serious misconduct and wishes to intimate members of the public that the matter was immediately escalated through an investigative inquiry set up by the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, CP Ngozi Onadeko fdc upon its receipt.
“Preliminary investigations have revealed the alleged culprit identified by the victim does not serve under Oyo State Command but was rather in the jurisdiction on other yet-to-be-specified duties.
“Furthermore, investigations are in top gear to apprehend all the officers involved in the unpleasant actions of Thursday 07/10/2021 for their various involvements with the assurances of adequate sanctions meted out on all guilty parties upon recommendations from the Investigation panel.
“Lastly, the Command sues for calm while appealing to members of the public that no offender(s) would on any account be indulged to evade deserved Justice regardless of status or affiliations.”
