Saturday, September 17, 2011

4 policemen accused of stealing N5m from Bureau de Change operator

Ikeja – A Bureau de Change operator  at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Alhaji Isiaka Tahir, on Friday accused four police men of  stealing his 20,000 pounds (about N5million).
Tahir in Lagos on Friday, said the incident happened on Thursday  while the  police men were from the Rapid Response Squad (RRS).
He said  his employee was stopped by a team of  RRS personnel  at about 11.00 a.m at the access gate of the domestic wing of the airport.
Tahir, whose  office is at the Hajj Camp, said he gave the employee the 20,000 pounds to deposit in his (Tahir) account at the Allen Avenue branch of  AfriBank,.
“On his way to the bank, I put a call through to him that he should return back to the office for me to add additional 450 pounds.

“The boy made a U-turn at the access gate and some RRS men stopped him and demanded why he was riding a motorcycle without a number plate,’’ he said.
According to Tahir, his employee explained that the motorcycle was newly brought and  it was the first time it was being taken out.
He further said: “ They refused and demanded to know the owner of the motorcycle.
“ All this happened in the presence of the airport traffic policemen at the access gate and they even intervened and told the RRS men to allow the boy to go.
“ At that point, the RRS men demanded for money from the boy.
“ While  the  boy was trying to  give them, they forcefully took the motorcycle and the errand money  from my employee and rode it toward  the Oshodi axis of the airport.’’
Tahir said he went  to the Hajj Camp Police Station in company with  a policeman at the scene of the incident to report the case.
Tahir said the RRS personnel were sighted  in the process of  lodging another  complaint at the Beesam Police Station inside the airport.
“We pursued and caught up with them, but unfortunately, by the time we checked the compact safe  of  the motorcycle, the money could no longer be found,’’ Tahir said.
Tahir recalled that police personnel  had severally  waylaid Bureau de Change operators and disposed them of  their funds.
The Lagos State Commander of  the RRS, CSP Hakeem Odumosu,  expressed dismay at the incident, describing it as “ unfortunate. ’’
Odumosu, who said  the RRS  had  no jurisdiction within the  airport’s  environs, promised  that the matter would be investigated.
He said:  “What were they doing at the airport? It’s wrong for them to operate within the environment, but they can pass through the area.
“I can’t specifically confirm this allegation  now until we have carried  out our investigation into the matter. ’’
Also speaking on the matter, Mrs  Bisi Dawodu,  a Deputy Commissioner of  Police attached to  Beesam Police Station, confirmed the detention of  the RRS  personnel.
She said   investigation into the matter was still on. (NAN)

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3 comments:

  1. Let the whole matter be investigated before making conclution pls,the version of of the Alhaji have been clearly speled out but police men version is yet known.In every organisation bad eggs exist and I am sure when the police men are found guilty all will be dismiss and prosecuted.I trust police when it comes to dismisal and prosecution of personel B4 d court law.Let us wait for the out come of the investigation as stated by the duputy commissioner of police.

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  2. the politicians steal from the federal pulse while the police steal from the masses. The nigerian police force is a disaster waiting to happen

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  3. The story is a two edge sword. If really the police stole the money, they will surly settle their oga and the case will die down. And the boy sent on an erand can also be funny and smart too. He will like to pull a smart one on his Boss in pretence that the police took or stole the money from him. This is nigeria where anything can happen. I dont trust both parties with such amount of money. Its to handy to steal.

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