Police Demanded 10k From Me To Avoid Being Framed For Armed Robbery- NIMR staff
how a group of Policemen attached to the Ondo
state Police command allegedly extorted N10,000
from him or be framed for armed robbery while he
was traveling to Akungba in Ondo state on April
25th. Two of the policemen were identified as
Sergeant Idoko Edache and F. Temitope.
Speaking with Punch, Ezra, who is a staff of the
Nigeria Institute of Medical Research said he met
with a police patrol team along the road who
stopped him and searched his car. The first police
team he met asked him to go as nothing
incriminating was found in his car. As he continued
his journey, he said he met with another set of
police officers. They stopped him and asked him to
go back to the first patrol team for his vehicle to be
properly checked.
"When I got there(the first check point), they told
me to park near a bush and proceeded to search
the car. I folded both the front and back seats of
the vehicle for them. They discovered I did not
have anything incriminating. They checked my
vehicle particulars and the chassis number and
confirmed they are correct."
According to him, after the search, they became
hostile, demanding a bribe of N10,000 or that he
will be framed for armed robbery. He said seeing
the seriousness in them, he had to part with the
money. He however decided to record all of their
conversations.
"They threatened to frame me up for robbery if I
failed to cooperate. At a point, one of them said if
they really wanted to deal with me for proving
stubborn, they would radio their station that an
armed robber had been arrested. I was shocked. I
then pretended as if I wanted to urinate and went
to a corner to switch on the recorder of my
handset. I begged with N1,000; increased it to
N3,000; and then N5,000; yet, they refused. They
said they would not collect even N9,999"." Ezra said
In one of the recorded conversations, one of the
policemen said in pidgin English
"Your money is N10,000 I don tell you (referring to
Ezra). Even N9,999 is not acceptable. When we
stopped you why you no stop? You don suffer us
instead of you to pack jeje (gently). Where one
army (soldier) dey, una go pack, come down inside
motor, carry leg go meet am and put money for
inside drum.".
Ezra said he paid the money to avoid being set up
by the cops. He said he had confidence in the
police until his experience on the fateful day and
urged that the cops be disciplined for the act.
"They did not see me with anything incriminating.
But I had to bribe them at that moment because I
saw that they were very desperate. It means they
have been doing it to innocent citizens. I want them
to be brought to justice."he said
Reacting to the incident, the Ondo state Police
spokesperson, Ogodo said the police officers have
been found guilty of the offence
"He (Edache) wanted to deny, but I told him he
can't. Everybody knows me. I don't compromise on
discipline. Presently, I have ordered that he and his
team members be locked up. For further
disciplinary action to be taken on them, it requires
that the man comes forward to give evidence. I
thank him for being able to identify two of the cops.
Meanwhile, on behalf of the command, I want to
appeal to the man not to use the few bad eggs to
judge the entire police force. I assure him that
justice will be done in this case."he said
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