End Of The Road: Bribe Seeking Policeman Caught On Camera Dismissed From Police Force

A police sergeant, Chris Omeleze with Force Number 192954, who was caught on camera soliciting a bribe of N25,000 from a motorist in Lagos, has been dismissed from the Police Force.

In the raw footage which went viral on the internet soon as it hit the social media space, Mr. Omeleze
was seen asking the unidentified driver to part with the sum of N25,000 for allegedly beating traffic light
at Allen roundabout or have his car, a Range
Rover utility jeep impounded.
The offender, whose face was not shown, could
be heard pleading with the disgraced policeman
to accept N2,000 as all he had on him was
N5,000 after he had purportedly paid some fees
at the airport for excess luggage, but the
sergeant refused.
After all his entreaties fell on deaf ears, Sgt.
Omeleze, who was on the passenger seat, called
one Wasiu on his mobile phone and asked him
to 'book' the motorist's car as he had refused to
part with the desired bribe money.
However, the policeman, who is attached to the
State Traffic Division, Ikeja, was arrested on the
orders of the Inspector General of Police,
Mohammed Abubakar, after he saw the video.
The IGP also directed that the sergeant be given
an orderly room trial and his case dealt with in
record time.
It was learnt that the orderly room trial found
the sergeant guilty of misconduct and
recommended him for dismissal which the
police commissioner, Mr. Umar Manko,
approved immediately.
The sergeant, who has served in the Police
Force for 21-Years, blamed his predicament on
the devil.
He said, "I regret the incident, I have served in
the police for 21 years."
The Lagos State Police Spokesperson, Ngozi
Braide, who confirmed the arrest of the suspect
and his subsequent dismissal after an orderly
room trial at the State Command in Ikeja,
Lagos, said Omeleze's action was 'despicable
and disgraceful.'
"He has been tried in orderly room and
dismissed. His action was despicable and
disgraceful and he is no longer fit to belong here
(Police Force) because he is one of the bad eggs
we need to weed out of the Nigeria Police
Force," Braide, a Deputy Superintendent of
Police said.