By Alex Olise
Four policemen who extorted the sum of 350 Euros from a man have been given an orderly room trial by the authorities of the Lagos State Police Command.
It was gathered that the money was meant for the payment of the man’s father’s medical bills.
The sister of the man, whose name on her Twitter handle is @Marisalex_22, had given details of how her brother, who was going to a hospital, was stopped by the policemen and the money he was taking to the hospital to pay their father’s medical bills was taken from him.
Her tweets got the attention of the authorities of the State Police Command.
Through its Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos Command invited the man and his sister to the state police station to give more insight on the matter.
The man was able to identify the policemen, who upon interrogation admitted collecting the money and they were made to return the 350 Euros, which was handed back to the man.
The lady also announced on her Twitter handle that the Lagos Police PRO facilitated the recovery of the money while nothing was done to the policemen.
However, the action of the Lagos State Police PRO did not go down well with the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP).
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Adejobi on his Twitter handle demanded that the Lagos Police PRO should take more disciplinary action against the erring policemen.
Hundeyin, therefore, announced on his Twitter handle that the four policemen involved in the act are currently facing an orderly room trial at the command’s headquarters in Ikeja, the Lagos state capital.
Displaying a photo of the policemen, he simply wrote, “Orderly room trial has commenced.”
