Ajirioghene Imah
The Lagos State Police Command has announced the dismissal of Sergeant Ekpo Shimuyere attached to Sogunle Division for extorting the sum of #98,000 from a young man.
Shimuyere’s dismissal was announced by the state’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, adding that the command had already disrobed the dismissed sergeant.
According to him, the dismissed sergeant collected the phone of his victim and used a POS operator to transfer ₦98,000 out of the ₦100,000 in the young man’s bank account.
“Police got the complaint from the victim and the officer denied the crime when he was contacted. The command placed him under detention so that he will not tamper with the evidence.
“We wrote to his bank and obtained his statement of account. We were able to trace the money to where the POS operator transferred it to before transferring the money to the officer’s account.
“We followed due process to get his account. The victim was invited in the course of investigation, and he testified.
“The POS operator was also invited, and he said the officer requested him to transfer the money from the victim’s account to another one,” he said.
Hundeyin noted that the action of the policeman was contrary to the ethics of the profession, noting that the Sergeant was consequently subjected to Orderly Room trial in line with extant laws.
He further warned that the command would continue to punish any police officer found to have engaged in unprofessional conduct.