A policeman stripped naked in a bank premises on Monday to evade being arrested for attempting to extort a female motorist.
It was gathered that the policemen followed the woman to a United Bank of Africa (UBA) branch in Surulere to collect N30,000 from her.
He had reportedly told the woman that she would pay N50,000 if the matter got to the station.
But unknown to him the woman called a rights activist and told him everything.
The activist contacted Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni, who sent some policemen to apprehend their colleague.
On sighting his colleagues, the policeman first ran under a car parked on the premises and was dragged out.
“He became violent when he was dragged out from underneath the vehicle. He started tearing his uniform and went naked in public. He stripped to his pant to avoid being arrested but some area boys came to assist the policemen who came from the CP’s office to effect the arrest and they dragged him into the police van,” said a source.
It was gathered that he was taken to the X-Squad unit at the police command. He will face in orderly room trial.