LAGOS SANITATION TASK FORCE SUSPENDS STAFF OVER N30, 000 BRIBE

“Investigations revealed that the officer, Mr. Ikuburuju Alex, truly negotiated and extorted the sum of N30, 000 from the owner of an impounded vehicle who committed a traffic offence by plying the ‘BRT’ lane around Agric Bus-Stop in Ikorodu,” Taofiq said.

Penpushing further reports that, the statement explained that, while the staff was suspended from the agency, the senior police officer who led the team that impounded the vehicle was moved to a different unit for lack of supervision.

The Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, Olayinka Egbeyemi, added that the suspended official confessed to the crime, stressing that “the suspension became imperative following complaints against the officer on the social media and subsequent investigation of the accused staff.”

Penpushing also reports that the task force boss emphasized that  the action of the officer was disgraceful and did not justify the training he received, recalling  that, “the government recently trained all paramilitary officers attached to the agency on ‘Career Evaluation’ where they were taught how to be professionals and civil in dealing with members of the public.”

The Chairman declared that the Lagos task force would not tolerate indiscipline in any form emphasizing that corrupt officers would be dismissed from the agency, just as he urged members of the public to not hesitate in reporting any officer found misbehaving while discharging official duties.