The police hierarchy is considering treating officers who extort innocent members of the public under the force of arms as armed robbers.
This was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a series of tweets via his personal handle yesterday night.
According to Adejobi, the law describes an armed robber as “anyone who possesses firearms or offensive weapons and takes ones property with element of force or violence,”
He therefore concluded that the action of such police officers is nothing other than armed robbery and will henceforth be treated as such.
He tweeted, “Forceful Extortion by Armed Policemen is tantamount to Armed Robbery.
We may treat some of our recalcitrant policemen who are fond of taking innocent Nigerians to ATM, Banks or hidden arenas to forcefully extort them, with arms, as armed robbers.
“By simple definition and interpretation of law, anyone who possesses firearms or offensive weapons and takes ones property with element of force or violence is simply armed robbery, nothing more.
“We detest and condemn this development or action which is in total contravention of our rules and regulations and ethics as a responsible institution. We will not treat such cases with kid gloves anymore.
“We urge Nigerians to report any case of this nature to our stations for necessary action. Thanks.”
