The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday has announced the arrest of a policewoman who was filmed demanding a bribe of N1o0 from a commercial bus driver.
This was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Ngozi Braide, who said that the arrest followed a probe of the video which has already gone viral on the social media.
“We have arrested her and she is presently in custody. She will be made to undergo an orderly room trial and the outcome will be made public,’’ Braide said.
However, Ms Braide declined to provide details of the female cop, such as her name and her station, but she promised to do that later.
Subsequent calls placed to her phone were not answered and a text message sent to her phone on the matter was also not replied.
In the last 24 hours, the one-minute 25 seconds video, which first appeared on YouTube, has attracted double the amount of views, moving from 23,000 to over 46, 000 as at the time of this report.
In the footage, the policewoman was heard insisting on collecting the N100 bribe from a driver who she apprehended for violating a traffic rule at a yet-to-be identified location in Lagos.
The driver who had passengers in the bus was heard appealing to her that he should be allowed to proceed on his journey. But the driver’s pleas fell on deaf ears as the policewoman insisted on collecting the bribe.
The policewoman was heard saying, “E no concern me. Pay me my own money.”
Two weeks ago, a similar video had emerged of a mobile policeman demanding N25, 000 from a motorist who had flouted a traffic regulation in Lagos State on Airport Road.
After investigation, Sergeant Chris Omeleze was dismissed from the police force.