CITIZENS COMPASS– LAGOS State Police Command, has promised to discipline one of its men who collected N20,000 bail from a yet-to-be identified man in the state.
Spokesperson of the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this in one of his tweets on Thursday, October 27, 2022, though did not mention where it happened.
The tweet said the matter was reported the previous day.
“Yesterday, an elderly man came to my office and complained bitterly of how a police officer extorted him of N50,000 before he could take his son on bail.
“After I summoned the police officer to my office, the elderly man narrated the same story in his presence.
“Then the elderly man said, ‘Actually, it was N20,000 and not N50,000.’ This still does not excuse the corrupt practice. Even one Naira is bad enough.
“Then the elderly man said, ‘Actually, it was N20,000 and not N50,000.’ This still does not excuse the corrupt practice. Even one Naira is bad enough.
“The officer was first made to refund the elderly man, after which his disciplinary journey began.
“Papa then came to me and apologized saying, ‘I said N50,000 because I was angry.’
