IGP Reacts As Policeman Rejects N4m Bribe, Arrest Drug Peddlers

 Eko Hot Blog reports that the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Thursday, commended SP Rilwan Kasumu and his team in the Area K, Marogbo of the Lagos State Police Command for rejecting a N4m bribe offered to them while investigating a case of alleged drug peddling and unlawful possession of ammunition against a suspected drug peddler, Esther Newman Obiekezie, f, 42 years, aka Candy, of No 6, Mojirade Street, Ilogbo Lagos, on February 6.

According to PUNCH, the officers subsequently arrested Esther Akete and Oke Okebalam who attempted to bribe the police for the suspected drug peddler’s release.

The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

The statement read, “The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has commended the officer in charge of the Police Tactical Team attached to Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State Command, SP Rilwan Kasumu, and team, for rejecting N4m bribe while investigating a case of drug peddling and unlawful possession of ammunition.

Recall that this new medium had reported that the Kaduna State Police Command in January rejected N1m bribe from a suspected kidnapper, Bello Mohammed.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday said its operatives attached to the Tafa Divisional Headquarters recovered N2.3m as share of the ransom collected from the victims.

According to him, the suspect from Zamafara State offered N1m bribe to the DPO to stop further investigation on the matter but was turned down by the officer.

Also, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye, in August 2023, rewarded a female officer with N250,000 for rejecting a bribe offered by a suspected armoured cable thief in the state.

The female officer, Charity Oyor, an inspector, served at the Onitsha Main Market Police Division in Onitsha North Local Government Area of the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement said Oyor was on a traffic duty in the market on when she saw a moving shuttle bus carrying six heavy bundles of armoured cables suspected to have been stolen.

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