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Some officers attached to the Ogun State Police Command have been arrested for allegedly demanding money from the family of a missing girl before taking action on the case.

The Public Relations Officer for the Nigeria Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a post on social media on Saturday.

Although he did not reveal the identities of the officers involved, Adejobi stated that they were being held in detention.

His post partly read: “Otta missing girl: The policemen who demanded money before they could attend to the case have been arrested and are now in detention for disciplinary action.

“We condemn such an act and will not tolerate it. It is inhuman, apathetic, and unprofessional.”

Adejobi further reaffirmed the command’s commitment to locating the missing girl, assuring the public that she would be found soon.

“The Ogun State Police Command has been on the case. The girl will be found as soon as possible. We also urge the family of the victim to cooperate with the police,” he added.

The PUNCH reported on Friday that a seven-year-old girl, the daughter of a point-of-sale operator, had allegedly been kidnapped by one of her mother’s regular customers in Ogun State.

The incident reportedly occurred when the unidentified man visited the shop, bought food for the girl, and later sent her on an errand to buy a sachet of water.

However, when the mother went to the police station to report the incident, she was allegedly asked to pay ₦10,000 to file the case and an additional ₦30,000 to track the man’s phone number.

https://punchng.com/police-arrest-officers-demanding-money-to-investigate-missing-girl-in-ogun/

This IGP dey burst my brain
The way this man dey sanitize police force dey sweet me

Smash all the bad eggs on the wall and encourage the good ones

Dismiss those thieves in Black.

They are criminals

Nlfpmod, which police station is free from thes allegations, they will ask for money to fuel their tanks, buy papers and pens.....

This shouldn't be news...

It is when the NPF don't demand for bribe that we can make a news out of it...

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You need to sponsor Nigeria police to carry out investigation this is normal.

You fuel their car for arrest
You fund every move in the cause of the investigation.

federal government criminal arrested a federal government criminal from trying to steal from someone they are supposed to take care of

Lol 😅😂😂😂

How much be the Nigeria police salary wey dey no go demand for money

Hope they find the girl safe. I read the news on LIB yesterday. The kidnapper planned the crime well and the young mother was unsuspecting. Why is the world so wicked?
What will he do with a small child?
Is he taking her for ransom or any sinister agenda?
Parents and guardians be very vigilant.

Omooba77:
Nlfpmod, which police station is free from this allegations, they will ask for money to fuel their tanks, buy papers and pens.....

Almost all police stations don do this kind thing before. If dem thief ya phone, phone wey you buy for less than N100K. Dem fit say make you bring N30K for tracking.
Which kind life be this?

😳

If your papa or mama na police.... Better warn them to stop committing crimes and taking bribes... U can't even be proud to tell your friends your parents profession without them hissing

Booked for nuking people with choco brain of this forum

Audio arrest. They think we don't know that the ones ordering the arrest are the same persons receiving the illegal collections in the first place

It's a normal practice. That's how the police force operate.

EmperorCaesar:


This IGP dey burst my brain
The way this man dey sanitize police force dey sweet me

Smash all the bad eggs on the wall and encourage the good ones

if they're not divulging their names, parading and publicly shaming and punishing them, then all this one na audio smashing of egg.

Only a mumu will fall for it.

Make dem no sha sweep this issue under the carpet.

Urheaster:




How much be the Nigeria police salary wey dey no go demand for money

Their salary is poor, agreed but that does not justify the illegal act, abi anybody wey dey collect small salary get right to commit crime?

EmperorCaesar:


This IGP dey burst my brain
The way this man dey sanitize police force dey sweet me

Smash all the bad eggs on the wall and encourage the good ones

The police doesn't have bad eggs. The system itself is bad. You are either corrupt or you perish. The IGP we are talking about still collects returns from boys and egunje from big men.

PRO is not alive to reality at all. Nothing goes free in police station. Whether u are a complainant or defender, u will pay. They will make sure they frustrate ur life if u fail to pay. That's norms in Nigeria of today.

na dem prickk dem go use b4 ?

that's a norm at every police station.

You pay police to answer their calls, you pay them to take any action and the government still use your tax money to pay them.

I don't understand. This has been the mode of operation of the police for ages now. The other time I went to the station to lodge a complaint, they said I should pay 1k for stationery.

Nigeria police expects money from the citizens to do what they government pays them salary for

EmperorCaesar:


This IGP dey burst my brain
The way this man dey sanitize police force dey sweet me

Smash all the bad eggs on the wall and encourage the good ones

everything Abt dix govt dey sweet u cos dem dey pay u 30k

Still arrest the officer familt

I dont pity dem at all whenever they bein attacked or kill*d

Police can never be ur friend

This Is what our role model was saying ,

that the poor can not be attended to at the Police station



is that not what the police do before taking up any case

it is the usual police request ,Mony first or you are on your own ,

it is not new,

look at what a Lagos state Police PRO did to our role model Princess Faith Chukwu ,


to show how deep the police system have eaten up ,


if you don't have money you can't go to the police for any case ,


very horrible ,

even the government job they give them to do ,

they will still collect bribe And do it any how



Princess Faith Chukwu

Let's see what he will do with them first.

😂😂😂😂😂

Omooba77:
Nlfpmod, which police station is free from this allegations, they will ask for money to fuel their tanks, buy papers and pens.....

It’s a lie. Shut up.

That was many years ago, not now.

pafra:
You need to sponsor Nigeria police to carry out investigation this is normal.

You fuel their car for arrest
You fund every move in the cause of the investigation.

Back to back bad governance has damaged this one

EmperorCaesar:


This IGP dey burst my brain
The way this man dey sanitize police force dey sweet me

Smash all the bad eggs on the wall and encourage the good ones

just dey whine yourself, sanitize police for paper abi?