Police refund bail money, remove divisional police officer for extorting ‘good samaritan’

The Delta State Police Command has disclosed that money allegedly received by a Divisional Police Officer of the Government Reservation Area (GRA (Division in Asaba, Delta state from a Samaritan has been refunded and the police officer removed from office.

Penpushing reports that Delta State Police Command Public Relations Officer Edafe Bright confirmed this in an update over the incident adding that the victim had been contacted and money refunded

The Divisional Police Officer it would be recalled had earlier being summoned after the man, Tomi Wojuola, shared his ordeal with the police after rushing a stranger who collapsed on the road to the hospital.

Penpushing further reports that Wojuola explained that following protocol he requested police involvement, only to be detained at the Government Reservation Area (GRA) Police Station in Asaba, lamenting that the victim eventually passed away upon arrival.

“To tell you how wicked some officers of the Nigerian Police Force could be, I was instead accused of murder, with my statement taken under caution. CSP Joseph Udoh, the DPO, told me he must deal with me for acting like ‘Jesus’, he stated

‘Those were his exact words. He bluntly told me that when he is through with me, if I see anybody dying again, I would walk past, even after the deceased victim’s family had confirmed that their late son had an underlying condition,” he wrote.

Penpushing also reports that Wuraola alleged that he was only released following the intervention of a high-ranking government official, and claimed that the station emptied his account for bail, leaving him with only N2,000.

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