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Tag: Illegal Duty

  • Any Police officer checking vehicle particulars is on illegal duty – AIG

  • Inspector, three sergeants held for ‘illegal’ duty

    The police have arrested four operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Ikeja for allegedly taking part in illegal duty.

    The operatives comprising an Inspector and three Sergeants were said to have participated in the unlawful demolition of a building at Alade, Ikeja.

    It was learnt that the operatives who were posted to Badagry, abandoned their post to execute the illegal duty at Ikeja after they collected N500,000 from one Alhaji.

    The owner of the building, who was said to be having problems with the Alhaji, alerted the police at Ikeja Division of the demolition.

    On getting to the scene, the officers found the policemen keeping watch while the demolition was ongoing.

    The policemen were rounded up alongside three civilians contracted by the Alhaji and they were all taken to the state command.

    While the civilians were paraded before reporters some weeks ago, The Nation learnt that the policemen were being tried in-house.

    “The policemen carried out the illegal demolition without court permit or Commissioner of Police permission. One Alhaji paid them N500,000 to carry out the demolition. Their boss, the Officer-in-Charge of SARS (OC), was not aware of the demolition.

    “They left their duty post and moved to Ikeja. Aside from that, it is not SARS job to carry out demolition. It is the job of police task force. That was why they were arrested and are being tried,” said a police source.

  • Four Policemen arrested for ‘illegal’ duty

    Four Policemen arrested for ‘illegal’ duty

    The police in Lagos have arrested four operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Sqaud (SARS) Ikeja for allegedly taking part in illegal duty.

    The operatives comprising an Inspector and three Sergeants were said to have participated in the unlawful demolition of a building at Alade, Ikeja.

    It was learnt that the operatives who were posted to Badagry, abandoned their post to execute the illegal duty at Ikeja after they collected N500, 000 from one Alhaji.

    The owner of the building, who was said to be having problems with the Alhaji, alerted the police at Ikeja Division of the demolition and the scene was raided and found the policemen keeping watch while the demolition was ongoing.

    The policemen were rounded up alongside three civilians contracted by the Alhaji and they were all taken to the state command.

    While the civilians were paraded before reporters some weeks ago, The Nation learnt that the policemen were being tried in-house.

    “The policemen carried out the illegal demolition without court permit or Commissioner of Police permission. One Alhaji paid them N500, 000 to carry out the demolition. Their boss, the Officer in Charge of SARS (OC), was not aware of the demolition.

    “They left their duty post and moved to Ikeja. Aside from that, it’s not SARS job to carry out demolition. It’s the job of police task force. That was why they were arrested and are being tried,” said a Police source.

  • Illegal duty: Police demote three officers

    Illegal duty: Police demote three officers

    Three police officers attached to the Lagos Command have been demoted for alleged illegal duty.

    The officers identified as Inspector Columbus Anizor, Sergent Bayo  and Corporal Bawa  were demoted to Sergent, Corporal and Constable, respectively.

    It was gathered that the officers were arrested on December 5, last year and taken to Abuja following a petition against them by a suspected drug baron.

    The officers were said to have arrested the drug trafficking kingpin and confiscated cocaine worth about N15million from him, without the consent of their superiors.

    As if that was not enough, they were alleged to have released the man, sold the drugs and shared the money among themselves.

    The suspect, it was gathered, petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase, two weeks after his release, intimating him of the actions of the officers.

    “The officers were arrested and flown to Abuja and they confessed during investigation. They could not provide the drugs nor the money and so, the IGP ordered that they should be tried.

    “At the end of the trial, the three of them were demoted by a rank each,” said a police source in Abuja.
    It was further gathered that the drug baron was handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

    The Police spokesperson in Abuja, Bisi Kolawole could not be reached for official statement at the time of filing this report.