Alleged Extortion: Kwara CP orders arrest of accused police officers
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, CP Adekimi Ojo, has ordered the arrest of police officers, for allegedly extorting a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Taiwo Kayode.
It was gathered that the officers of the Anti-Cultism Unit, Kwara State Police Command, had allegedly arrested, detained and extorted the sum of N200,000 from Taiwo after refusing to unlock his phone.
Taiwo was reportedly stopped at Erin-Ile town, while heading to Osogbo in Osun State.
He was first taken to Ijagbo police division, and eventually moved to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in Ilorin where police officers allegedly forced him to unlock his phone and transferred the N200,000 to an account named Lucy Akor.
Reacting to the unfortunate incident in a telephone chat with our correspondent in Ilorin on Tuesday, the Commissioner of Police, who confirmed the incident, expressed displeasure over the conduct of the accused officers.
Apparently angered by the incident, the CP said he has ordered the arrest of the officers involved, assuring that necessary action would be taken against them.