Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has approved the dismissal of four officers of the Ogun State Police Command, over extortion and bribery.

They were also accused of offences such as discreditable conduct, corrupt practice under the first schedule of Police Act Regulation, Cap P-nineteen Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, twenty-fourteen.

According to the Force, there had been complaints through a petition to the police of how the officers forcefully collected money from someone who they accused of stealing a phone.

Idris said the command had zero tolerance for any misconduct and restated the determination of the Force to punish all those found guilty of such.

The four men on 7 June, without any grounds, arrested a man who was just leaving a bank and took him to the Igbeba Station, where they labelled him a “yahoo boy” and made him frog jump and write a self-incriminating statement, that he was an internet fraudster.

After the maltreatment, they released the man and also impounded the N50,000 he had gone to collect on behalf of his boss, saying it was payment for his bail. The man lodged a complaint with the Police Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit.

The police authorities found the complaint genuine and were mortified that policemen could take money for bail, despite the #BailisFree campaign by the police themselves.

Their action is contrary to the directives of the Inspector-General of Police and unacceptable”, said Sogunle.

The money had since been recovered from the four policemen and given back to the man.

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