Police demote two officers over POS extortion scandal
In a statement on Wednesday, the police spokesperson in the state, Bright Edafe, said the Commissioner of Police, Yemi Oyeniyi, upheld the findings of the trial, which found Inspector Augustine Jeremiah and Corporal Miracle Ehirim guilty of “Disobedience to Lawful Order, Extortion and Discreditable Conduct” under the Police Act, 2020.
The police command in Delta State has demoted an inspector and a corporal after they were found guilty of extorting a motorist through a Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal inside a police station in Asaba.
The disciplinary action follows an orderly room trial ordered after a viral video showed the officers receiving money from a motorist through a POS machine at the ‘C’ Division Police Station on 13 January.
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