A Police Officer, Rilwan Kasumu, has rejected a N4 million bribe offered him by some drug peddlers in the Ilogbo area of Lagos State.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, revealed this in a statement he issued on Thursday.
Adejobi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, said Kasumu, a Superintendent of Police, is the officer in charge of Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State Police Command.
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He said on Tuesday, a police team, led by Kasumu arrested Esther Newman Obiekezie at her residence in Ilogbo, where she sells illicit drugs.
During the raid of the residence of Obiekezie, who was reported to have been into illicit drug selling for a long time, large quantities of drugs and some AK-47 live ammunition were recovered from her.
Adejobi said: “The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, 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.
“The team had arrested one Esther Newman Obiekezie, f, 42 years, aka Candy, of No 6, Mojirade Street, Ilogbo Lagos, on 6th February, 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.
“In the course 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 and marked it 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 crimes and criminality in Nigeria.”
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