Three Police Officers Dismissed Over Armed Robbery And Extortion In Ogun

Three officers were fired by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly engaging in armed robbery and extortion.

The information was disclosed by Commissioner of Police Abiodun Alamutu to the media on Tuesday, January 30, at the state headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

The officers, named as Cpl. Idowu Sunday from Ijebu-Ife, Inspector Taiwo Kolawole and Inspector John Ogbe from the Ijebu-Ife division, were paraded with 27 other people connected to kidnapping, armed robbery, and cult operations.

The officers were dismissed following a report submitted by Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode student Kashimao Emmanuel.

Emmanuel narrated how he was approached by a group of four armed people, one of whom was disguised as a police officer.

He quoted him to have said that the gang demanded his phone, but he 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 N312,000 was forcefully transferred from his account to an Opay account Alamutu said

The police boss said during the investigation, two other complainants who were victims at various times came forward and identified the suspects to have earlier robbed them of their belongings in the same manner.

Alamutu said the policemen had been tried in an orderly room and dismissed.

“They will be charged to court soonest” he said. [CONTINUE READING HERE]