The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali has ordered discreet and transparent investigation into the allegation of exhorting of twenty-two million naira worth of bitcoin from some citizens in Lagos state, levelled against DSP Nwawe Cordelia and others.
This was disclosed by Force spokesperson, CP Frank Mba, stating that the IGP had set up a special investigation panel to carry out the investigation into the matter levelled against DSP Cordelia and others, serving at the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Alagbon, Lagos.
Mba said, this development has become imperative following the report making the rounds in the media alleging the involvement of the officers in the extortion of Twenty-Two Million Naira worth of Bitcoin from two young Nigerians, Morakinyo Tobiloba Peter and Yusuf Samson Dayo at gunpoint on July 14, 2021 while driving along the Ikoyi/Ajah Expressway, Lagos State.
He stated that DSP Cordelia and the other police personnel have been ordered to report to the Special Investigation Panel, Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Tuesday, 21st December, 2021 to answer to the allegations against them.
The Special Investigation Panel is headed by DCP Olaolu Adegbite, MFR, of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB).
Mba said that those who had experienced similar exhortion by the officers in question, her team or any other officer at the ECID Alagbon to come forward with detailed information to enable the panel achieve a wholistic investigation.
Further, he noted that the alleged actions of the police officers in question do not represent the standard and practices of the Force, and as such any officer found wanting will be visited with the full wrath of the law.
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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