In this video which was posted on youtube a few days back, two Nigerian policewomen attached to the Traffic Unit of
Makinde Police Station, Mafoluku, Lagos, are seen demanding and
receiving a bribe of N100 from a commercial driver along the Apapa-Oshodi
expressway in Lagos. CAN'T THIS PEOPLE EVER LEARN?
The two policewomen will soon know their fate as the Police Provost Unit of the
Lagos Police Command has concluded their orderly room trial.
It is learnt that the husband of one of the
policewomen has appealed to the police authorities to release his wife from
detention as well as forgive her for the offence she had committed.
A source in the police station identified the women as
Corporals Elizabeth Itona and Jenifer Azingbe, stating that "We heard they
have finished orderly room trial for them today (Monday)."
The source said that Corporal Azingbe is
being detained with her seven-month-old baby identified as Nathaniel.
According to him, "Corporal Jenifer is bosom feeding
her baby and she is in detention with him. The baby is seven months old and
that is why the husband and her people came to plead for her release."
The video recording was posted on Youtube by one Afro
Finlandia after a commuter in the bus recorded the extortion process showing the driver appealing to the policewoman who had stopped the bus from
moving after picking commuter on the expressway.
As the driver's pleading had fallen on deaf ears, he angrily
said, “Don’t abuse me because of N100. How much is N100? Me I don pass N100.”
The policewoman who was sitting in the bus was adamant as
she said in pidgin English, “E no concern me. Pay me my own money."
The driver was seen telling the conductor to give the
policewoman the N100 so that the bus could proceed on its journey.
“Give her N100. I will return it to you later,” the driver
had said Yoruba.
The policewoman alighted from the bus after collecting the
N100 and in company with another colleague hit the back of the bus and walked away from the bus to their
duty post of controlling traffic.
The video on the social media caused outrage which led to
the arrest of the women last week.
An orderly room trial into the case was also held last week
and the policewomen may be dismissed just like one Sergeant Christopher Omoleze
attached to the same station also caught on video posted on Youtube negotiating
a N25,000 bribe.
The Nigerian Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar
had ordered the dismissal of Omoleze and the same fate may befall the
policewomen.
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