The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed a police sergeant, Chris Omeleze, who was caught on video camera demanding a bribe of N25,000 from a motorist. In the video footage, made available an unidentified male motorist could be heard pleading with Omeleze to accept N2,000 for a traffic offence, but the sergeant refused. The policeman, who is attached to the State Traffic Division, Ikeja, was arrested on Tuesday after the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, saw the video which went viral on the Internet. It was learnt that the Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, ordered that the sergeant should face an orderly room trial.The sergeant, however, said his ordeal was the handiwork of the devil. Omeleze, with Force number, 192954, was given a dressing down at the CP’s office on Wednesday. He said, “I regret the incident, I have served in the police for 21 years.”
But according to the video footage there was another officer by the name wasiu who the the policeman in question called on his mobile phone telling him that the money the motorist was willing to pay wasn't enough. Has Wasiu also been dismissed?
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