The Nigerian Police Force on Sunday,
announced that it has arrested the mobile policeman, Sergeant Onuh Makedomu, caught
on a viral video, demanding N15, 000 from a motorist.
Makedomu did not only collect N15, 000
from the driver, but also begged him to tell his colleagues, who were on the
road with him, that it was only N5000, he collected from him.
The police hierarchy has identified him
as a non-commissioned officer, with Force No.431625, Sergeant Onuh Makedomu,
attached to 49 PMF, but presently on special duty with the Safer Highways
Patrol, in Lagos State.
In the four minutes, Makedomu pretended
to be calling another policeman, after which he told the motorist, who was secretly
video recording the transaction, that the person he just called would collect
N10, 000 out of the N15, 000. He urged the driver to make the money N20, 000.
The driver responded: “Oga, I can’t lie
to you, please consider me. How much am I collecting? Please just consider me.
I have been begging you for over 30 minutes, they are going somewhere. I begged
you for N5000, before making it N15, 000.”
Makedomu, finally beginning to thaw,
said: “Start driving, but not too fast. I know that you borrowed this money. I
have already called that man; what I’m telling you now is a secret. I have been
telling to complete it, but you didn’t. You’ll remove N10, 000 from that money
and give me, you hold N5000. When you get to where my colleagues are, if they
ask you, tell them that it was N5000 you gave me.”
The driver, in compliance with Makedomu’s
directives, shared the money into two and handed N10, 000 to the police. Makedomu
later made another call, saying: “What are we going to do about this guy? He
has been begging seriously. He has not money. It was his boss that is behind,
that he went to speak with, that gave him money.”
He said, “all right’ and then hung up. After
a while, he got out of the car.
The video was later uploaded on the
internet and had been shared several times.
The police, reacting to the video on its
twitter handle, said: “The Police officer caught on video collecting bribe from
an innocent Nigerian has since been identified and arrested. The non-commissioned officer, Force
No.431625, Sergeant Onuh Makedomu, attached to 49 PMF, but presently on special
duty with the Safer Highways Patrol, Lagos is currently undergoing Orderly Room
trial on a two count charge of Discreditable Conduct and Corrupt Practices at
the Provost department of the Lagos State Police Command.
“Meanwhile, the Inspector General of
Police, IGP M.A Adamu has enjoined the good citizen, who courageously brought
the inglorious act of the officer to the public domain to
meet with the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, to recover
the money extorted from him by the delinquent officer.”
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