The Lagos State Police Command on
Wednesday said it had arrested a policewoman caught in a video footage
demanding a bribe of N100 from a commercial bus driver.
Public Relations Officer of the
command, Ngozi Braide, told our correspondent on the telephone that the arrest
followed a probe of the video which has been circulating on the social media.
“We have arrested her and she
is presently in custody. She will be made to undergo an orderly room trial and
the outcome will be made public,’’ Braide said.
When asked to provide the name and
the station the female cop was attached, Braide said she could not immediately
provide the details and told our correspondent to call back.
Subsequent calls placed to her phone
were not answered. A text message sent to her phone on the matter was also not
replied.
In the last 24 hours, the one-minute
25 seconds video, which first appeared on YouTube,
has attracted double the amount of views, moving from 23,000 to over 46, 000 as
at the time of this report.
In the footage, the policewoman was
heard insisting on collecting the N100 bribe from a driver who she apprehended
for violating a traffic rule at a yet-to-be identified location in Lagos.
The driver who had passengers in the
bus was heard appealing to her that he should be allowed to proceed on his
journey. But the driver’s pleas fell on deaf ears as the policewoman insisted
on collecting the bribe.
The policewoman was heard saying, “E no concern me. Pay me my own money.”
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Everybody collect bribe in dis country while is her own different? Politicians collect bribe of billins nothing has happen.
ReplyDeleteWell let's c if we are honestly starting campaign against corruption but d truth is there are true criminals n they are d people in government at highest affairs in dis country starting 4rm mr president GEJ thru to d other arms of d government upto d councilors let's be sincere wit our fight against corruption
ReplyDeleteE go concern her oohh,when she faces orderly rm trial,there and then she will b paiad her own.
ReplyDelete9ja u too much,atleast with phones n othr electronical gadgets around pple will video n record all police heinous crimes,n send post them to the internet,they wll b all exposed.hahahaha I laugh
Ngozi
ReplyDeleteHmm, 9ja the higher u collect the lower the chances of arrest n the lower u collect the higher the chances of arrest. Where is pension money? where is subsidy money?.
ReplyDeleteWole.while it is true that corruption is in every place in this country,the police,that should assist in arresting the brible-giver and taker shouldn't be involved in this ugly scene.
ReplyDeleteFarouk took bribe ö
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