Crime : Six police officers arrested for rape, extortion, attempted robbery in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of six policemen over offences ranging from defilement, attempted murder, robbery and extortion.

The officers were arrested in different parts of the state, alongside two civilian accomplices.

One of the officers identified as Sergeant Sylvanus Emoche, according to the police, attempted to shoot a woman at Ajao estate area of the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the State, Fatai Owoseni, explained that the officer fired sporadically in the process, during which a bullet damaged one FJ Cruiser SUV belonging to the woman, identified as Mrs Okafor Oluchi, on July 24.

The woman was said to have resisted attempt by the policeman, who was in the company of two civilians, to remove an unregistered Honda Pilot SUV belonging to her husband, Mr Okafor David, from their compound.
The CP said policemen from Ajao Division, who were contacted, rushed to the scene and immediately disarmed the policeman before taking him to the station with the two civilians.

He said Sergeant Emoche had visited the compound without the knowledge of Police authorities.

Owoseni spoke during a briefing at the Police Officers Mess, Ikeja, yesterday, where he added that at the time of committing the offence, the erring policeman had been demobilised from the Police Mobile Force 20 and subsequently transferred to Kogi State Police Command.
He said two other policemen were also charged for defilement. He, however, did not disclose their identities and the circumstances surrounding the case.
He further explained that three policemen, namely, Sergeant Benjamin Oboh, Sergeant Onyenedu Kennedy, attached to Federal Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, Ipakodo and Sergeant Monday Ehijiator, attached to Bariga Division, were arrested for extortion.

Owoseni said the three of them went to Ikeja in a Toyota Camry car with number plates JN 470 KJA, in plain clothes, where they stopped one Adeshina Quwam Adekunle, accusing him of being an internet fraudster.
He said they “collected N65,000 from the victim. They also used his ATM card to collect an additional N40,000 from an ATM machine. This happened on July 17.”
He explained further, “On July 19, at about 10.35a.m., at the same spot, the three policemen stopped one Ghenoba Godspower, suspecting him to be an internet fraudster again.

“He was also searched, during which N30,000 was collected from him. In the process, the Commander, Rapid Response Squad, ACP Olatunji Disu, arrived with his patrol van and arrested the policemen. Three of them were tried in an orderly room and recommended for dismissal.” - Daily Post