Police summons three officers over alleged N1m extortion from corp members in Lagos

Three officers of the  Lagos State Police Command have been summoned by Police authorities for the alleged extortion of N1 million from corps members. 

The incident, which allegedly occurred in the Surulere area, was captured on video and circulated widely on social media on Friday. 

An X user, Oluyemi Fasipe, who shared the footage, captioned it: “Dear @BenHundeyin, Your officers today in Surulere extorted 1 million naira from three corps members,” he wrote on Friday. “They were threatened with firearms, kidnapped, and taken to the KAFARU OLUWOLE TINUBU HOUSE AREA C POLICE COMMAND of the @LagosPoliceNG where they were robbed.

“Their offence was the absence of a physical copy of a driver’s license. This is evil!”

In one of the videos, police officers were seen inspecting the documents of car occupants, which escalated into a heated confrontation that drew more officers to the scene. 

The State Police Spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed that the officers involved have been invited for further investigation.

He wrote: “The men have been summoned and their trial has commenced.

“We urge the complainants to visit the Complaint Response Unit at the State Headquarters to testify at the ongoing trial.”