Six dismissed policemen appeal to Arase for reinstatement

Six policemen dismissed from the Ondo State Police Command over alleged extortion have appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, to reinstate them.

They claimed that they were framed.

Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Saturday on their trial before dismissal, the team leader, Inspector Ogunborode Oluremi, claimed they were innocent and urged Arase to take a second look at their case.

Oluremi listed the affected policemen as Inspector Ogunborode Oluremi (team leader), Sergeant Osho Akindayo, Corporal Adesina Olarewaju, Corporal Simon Osademe, Corporal Gabriel Adejoro and Corporal Oluwamunewa Tope.

Narrating the circumstances of the case, Oluremi said the team was on bank patrol in the Akure metropolis when they were summoned to appear before the Ondo State Command’s Police Provost for allegedly extorting money from one Mohammed Isah.

He said: “As I speak with you, the person in question and my team have never met face to face.

“We are shocked that we were dismissed for doing nothing.

“We were dismissed on July 4 and detained for four months in the cell.

“We were dismissed after two days of Orderly Room Trial.

“The Commissioner of Police then in Ondo State, CP Isaac Eke, approved the dismissal of five of my colleagues, while AIG Helen Adeyemi of Zone 11 approved my dismissal as an Inspector.”

The Inspector said the team was attached to the Area Command, Akure when the incident happened on July 3, 2015.

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