Idowu Owohunwa, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, has ordered the resignation of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Meiran Police Station in Lagos State due to allegations of extortion.
Previously, an engineer, Ibrahim Saliu, said that on Saturday, three police officers from the Meiran Police Station in Lagos State extorted N200,000 from him.
The policemen, along with the station’s DPO, threatened Saliu and his brother with jail time if they did not give receipts for the phones spotted with Saliu’s brother, according to Saliu.
He said, “The DPO took the iPhones, removed the warranty stickers, and declared that my brother and I are thieves and armed robbers.” The next thing I heard was the DPO giving them an order to detain us and that we would be locked up for stealing and armed robbery. We were surprised that we started begging.”
Saliu revealed that he was asked to pay N500,000 to guarantee their release. They agreed to pay N200,000 in cash, as ordered by the authorities. The state police public relations officer confirmed the occurrence in a tweet on Wednesday.
However, according to Benjamin Hundeyin, the CP Lagos has ordered the immediate dismissal of the Meiran Police Station DPO.
Hundeyin wrote, “CP Idowu Owohunwa has ordered the immediate removal of DPO Meiran for leadership dereliction and supervisory ineptitude.” Meanwhile, all the officers involved have been identified and are currently at the command headquarters, where their orderly room trial has commenced.”