COMMITTING CRIMES WITH UNIFORMS
The recruitment process should be rigorous and thorough Three policemen in the Ogun State Command were last week dismissed from service for forcefully extorting the sum of N153,000 from a man travelling from Abeokuta to Lagos. “The money was recovered from them and returned to the victim,” said the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun. “They were subsequently arraigned for departmental orderly room trial on a three-count charge of corrupt practices, discreditable conduct and disobedience to lawful order.” This is a recurring problem that needs to be addressed more holisticall...