The police tactical team attached to Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State Command, has rejected the sum of four million naira bribe from a drug peddling syndicate.
The team led by SP Rilwan Kasumu rejected the bribe while investigating a case of drug peddling and unlawful possession of ammunition.
According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, the team had arrested one 42-year-old Esther Newman Obiekezie, aka Candy, of No 6, Mojirade Street, Ilogbo Lagos, on February 6, at her base where she sells drugs called ICE, and recovered a large quantity of the substance and some AK47 live ammunition from her.
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“In the cause of the investigation, the duo of Akete Esther, f, 43, and Oke Okebalam, m, 49 years, of Ajamgbadi Lagos, came to the station in Ijanikin, to solicit for the release of the drug peddler, Esther, and offered the sum of four million naira, and pleaded that the police should stop disrupting the illegal business (drug peddling) of Esther, henceforth,” it said.
The statement added that the police officer who frowned at the offer siezed the cash and marked it exhibit and arrested the duo for further investigation and prosecution.
Meanwhile the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has commended SP Rilwan Kasumu and his team for rejecting the bribe.
The IGP, therefore, reiterated the commitment of the Force to harnessing all available means and adopting professional anti crime strategies to tackle all forms of crimes and criminality in Nigeria.
