The Oyo State Police Command dismissed particular constables Kareem Fatai and Jimoh Lukman on Thursday over allegations of extortion.
Briefing newsmen on the command’s headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, Commissioner of Police Adebola Hamzat stated the constables have been captured in a viral video soliciting cash from Ms Noraly Schoenmaker, a vacationer from the Netherlands.
The incident occurred on October 23, 2023, alongside Moniya-Iseyin Street.
Hamzat stated that the dismissed constables intentionally defied quite a few orders and directives in opposition to skilled misconduct, extortion, lack of civility, and corruption.
“We’ve got all the time been warning in opposition to extortion. We’ve got been alerting everybody that this administration has zero tolerance for corruption. That’s the stand of the Inspector Normal of Police and my stand because the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State,” he stated.
The Commissioner of Police acknowledged emphatically that “we don’t condone corruption and don’t need the Command to be given a foul identify.”