Authorities of the Nigeria Police have dismissed Richard Gele, a police officer justifying extortion in a video barely four days after it went viral.
Gele, an inspector with service number AP/No. 188547, was attached to Police Mobile Force 77 Squadron, Okene, Kogi State and deployed to the Itobe–Anyigba Road where the incident occurred.
A statement by the Force Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Friday said the officer, who hails from Benue State, was dismissed from the force “after subjection to internal disciplinary mechanism and being found wanting of the charges levelled against him in line with extant laws governing the conduct of police personnel. He therefore ceases to be a member of the Nigeria Police Force with immediate effect”.
Gele, who was enlisted into the Force in September, 2000, has also been handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State, for further necessary action.
“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, while expressing the staunch commitment of his administration at bequeathing policing standards in tandem with international best practices to the nation, warned all personnel to eschew extortion, unprofessionalism, official corruption and other inappropriate acts,” the statement added.
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