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Lagos State Police Command has
dismissed a Police Corporal, Gboroye
Folagbade, with Force number 444123, who allegedly stole a seized
motorcycle while enforcing the state’s new traffic law, in Ikorodu area of
Lagos.
The Operation Officer of the division seized the motorcycle from one Saheed Owolabi, over his violation of the new traffic law, late last year.
Efforts by Owolabi to recover the bike failed, as he was informed that it had
been transferred to Alausa for crushing.
But on January 10, 2013, Owolabi reportedly found his motorbike
with another rider identified as Ismail
Olomitutu, around Anibaba area of Ikorodu and raised alarm.
Olomitutu confessed to have bought the motorcycle from Corporal Folagbade at the rate of N55,000.
Irked by the incident, the visibly
angry Command’s boss, Mr Umar Manko,
ordered Folagbade to be tried in an
orderly room over what was described as a discreditable offence.
Confirming the dismissal, spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Ngozi Braide, said: “The offence is contrary to paragraph (E) of the first schedule of Police Act and Regulation 370, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990”.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos
State Command promptly reviewed the proceedings and upheld the findings of
guilt and thereby approved subject’s dismissal from the force with effect from
16/1/2013.
All police uniforms and other
accoutrements have been retrieved from the suspect and has been arraigned with
one other at Chief Magistrate Court II Ikorodu on 17/01/2013 in Charge No. IKD/B/05/2013.
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