Lagos police boss moves to check extortion, unprofessional conduct among operatives
…Gives phone numbers for public complaints
Joy Anyim
Following rising cases of extortion and brutality by police operatives in Lagos State, the state’s Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, has urged Lagosians to report any unprofessional conduct by operatives to the Public Complaint Bureau.
Mr. Odumosu, in a statement, over the weekend, urged anyone with complaints on harassment, brutality and extortion to reach the Bureau on the 09057597931 (whatsApp), 09010512350, 09010512348, and 09090003792.
The police boss, while restating his zero tolerance for unethical and inhuman conducts in the police, ordered all checkmating units in the command including provost, X-Squad, CP Monitoring Team and Public Complaint Bureau (PCB), to wake up to their duties and arrest any policeman who deviates from the normal ethics and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)of the Nigeria Police within Lagos State.
The Commissioner of Police, also, urged members of the public to always take the pains of identifying policemen who harass, brutalise and extort them as Lagos State hosts many police formations aside from the Lagos State Command.
The statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olumiyiwa Adejobi, said: “ Such identification is sine-qua-non to immediate investigation and disciplinary actions against the erring personnel.”
