The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos command has said “Rotten eggs will not be allowed in the Force as it returned N1.2m forcefully taken from a music Producer, Emmanuel Chibuze by some corrupt officers in Lagos.
The force added that the bad eggs among them will be removed one at a time.
The police spokesperson did not, however, disclose the identity of the six officers.
A video clip posted on Facebook by one Mr. Gwamnishu showed Chibuze collecting his money at a police station.
It was gathered that the music producer, Emmanuel Chibuze, was whisked away on Wednesday by about six armed police officers at Alakpere, Lagos, after the officers flagged down the Uber he was in.
The officers did not accuse Chibuze of any crime, rather he was taken to some destination and forced to wire N1.2million to a POS agent who apparently was working in connivance with the officers.
According to Mr. Harrison Gwamnishu who published the incident on Facebook, “He was threatened with (an) AK-47 rifle and out of fear, (he) transferred (the money) as they instructed.”
Gwamnishu had uploaded on Facebook the transaction receipt as evidence against the officers, and appealed to the police authorities in Nigeria to take action.
The police spokesperson in Lagos State, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident, Wednesday.
He said the officers have been identified and that the matter would be resolved by Wednesday night.
By 9.04 p.m. on Wednesday, Hundeyin, a superintendent of police, tweeted that the N1.2million had been recovered from the officers.
