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A Lagos Police sergeant named Ekpo Shinuyere was fired for extorting a young man out of N98, 000 out of N100, 000 from the bank account.

In a statement explaining the occurrence, the command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, revealed that the sergeant, Shinuyere, moved N98,000 from the victim’s account to his own.

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According to Hundeyin, Shinuyere used a point of sale (POS) machine at the side of the road to give the young man the money.

According to Hundeyin’s statement, the victim reported the extortion case to the Lagos police, but the sergeant refuted all claims. The POS operator was located and corroborated the incidence over the course of the investigations. A copy of the officer’s bank statement was also requested from his bank.

However, in order not to tamper with any evidence, the officer was put in detention prior to investigations.

“Police got the complaint from the victim and the officer denied the crime when he was contacted. The command placed him under detention so that he will not tamper with the evidence.

We wrote to his bank and obtained his statement of account. We were able to trace the money to where the POS operator transferred it before transferring the money to the officer’s account.

We followed due process to get his account. The victim was invited in the course of the investigation, and he testified.

The POS operator was also invited, and he said the officer requested him to transfer the money from the victim’s account to another one.

The commissioner of police, Lagos command, Mr. Idowu Owohunwa, reviewed the orderly room procedure of the officer with Force No. 461654, attached to Sogunle Police Division, and approved the punishment of dismissal from the force”, Hundeyin said in the statement.

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