A policeman, Rilwan Kasumu, has rejected a N4 million bribe offered by some drug peddlers in the Ilogbo area of Lagos State.
Kasumu, a Superintendent of Police, is the officer in charge of Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State Command. On Tuesday, the police team arrested Esther Newman Obiekezie at her residence in Ilogbo, where she sells illicit drugs.
Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, saying Obiekezie was discovered to have been selling the illicit drug.
Police officers raided her residence, and large quantities of drugs and some AK-47 live ammunition were said to have been recovered from her.
“The team had arrested one Esther Newman Obiekezie, f, 42 years, aka Candy, of No 6, Mojirade Street, Ilogbo Lagos, on February 6, 2024, at her base, where she sells drugs called ICE, and recovered a large quantity of the substance and some AK47 live ammunition from her,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has, in a statement, commended the officer for his performance.
“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D, NPM, has commended the officer in charge of the police tactical team attached to Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State Command, SP Rilwan Kasumu, and team for rejecting the sum of four million naira (#4,000,000) bribe while investigating a case of drug peddling and unlawful possession of ammunition.
“In the cause of the investigation, the duo of Akete Esther, f, 43, and Oke Okebalam, m, 49 years, of Ajamgbadi Lagos, came to the station in Ijanikin, to solicit for the release of the drug peddler, Esther, and offered the sum of four million naira and pleaded that the police should stop disrupting the illegal business (drug peddling) of Esther, henceforth.
The police officer, who frowned at the offer, seized the cash, marked it as an exhibit, and arrested the duo for further investigation and prosecution.
The IGP, therefore, reiterates the commitment of the Force to harnessing all available means and adopting professional anti-crime strategies to tackle all forms of crime and criminality in Nigeria.
