Provide Evidence of Extortion Or Face The Law, Zone 2 Police Charges Petitioner
The Zone 2 Command of the Nigerian Police has declared as baseless and untrue a publication in the dailies of Monday 24th September, 2018 with a caption “Businessman sends SOS to PSC Chairman, IGP over Police extortion” the body of the story which indicates that the petitioner one Mr Peter Alex Nwoseh accused the Assistant Inspector General of Police in-charge of Zone 2 Command, AIG IBRAHIM ADAMU and his men SP TIJANI & INSPECTOR SEGUN of Corrupt Practices, Willful Subversion of Justice and Extortion of N500,000″
In a statement made available to SECURITY MONITOR by Dolapo Badmos, a Chief Superintend of Police, CSP and spokesperson of Zone 2 Command, the Command noted that the “allegation is not only false and baseless, it is also a fallacy concocted by the petitioner to bring the image of the Command, its AIG and officers to disrepute. We would have treated the allegation as figment of the petitioner’s imagination and let it slip but for the members of the public especially within Lagos and Ogun that holds the Command in high esteem. It is pertinent for the Command to state its own side of the story”.
The truth picture of the story according to CSP Badmos preheated upon a petition received by the Command on the 9th of August, 2018. “the Command received a petition from one Chief Isiaka Lamina Akiona against Mr Bamidele Akiniran, Idowu Akiniran and Mr Peter Alex Nwoseh (their agent) “
“In the petition, it was alleged that the three persons BAMIDELE AKINIRAN, IDOWU AKINIRAN With the aid of one PETER ALEX NWOSEH forcefully entered the petitioner’s land and maliciously damaged the gate and carted away building materials worth fifty million Naira(N50,000,000) only”.
According to the Zone 2 spokesperson, “on the receipt of petition, the AIG directed SP Tijani and Team to investigate the allegation and investigation revealed that the suspects took Law into their hands by forcefully entering into the petitioner’s land and maliciously by damaging the gate and carted away the building materials worth Fifty Million Naira”.
She added that upon thorough investigation the suspects were arrested and charged to court for offences of Conspiracy, Stealing, Malicious Damage and Conduct Likely to Cause Breach of Peace.
The police image maker however raised these pose, asking;
(a) At what time was money demanded from the suspect?
(b) What was the money meant for?
(c) At what point was the money given?
(d) Can the petitioner provide the evidence that the money was given?.
She added that no amount of blackmail from suspects at conflict with law will deter the Command from carrying out its constitutional duty as police are aware that suspects that could not pervert the course of justice will always look for a way to blackmail investigators.
The police thereby implore the general public to ignore such spurious allegation and treat it as a wolf cry.
About Author
Who do I believe? The petitioner of course.