Abutu Yaro, the commissioner of police for Edo State has said that the command would look into claims of extortion made against members of the X-Squad.
Arc Edwardz, a Facebook user, claimed in a post that the police had demanded N103,000 from him while he was traveling from Lagos to Benin along the Benin-Ore Road.
In a fast response on Wednesday, the police command stated the CP disapproved and denounced the crime in its entirety in a statement from the deputy public relations officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu.
The statement read, “The attention of the Edo State Police Command has been drawn to an online report, where one Arc Edwardz, surname unknown, was alleged to have been extorted of his hard-earned money by personnel of the Edo State Police Command along Benin-Ore expressway.
“The CP frowns and unreservedly condemns the act. Saddened by the development, he has ordered the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Command X-Squad and the OC CP monitoring unit of the Command to unravel the personnel behind what he simply described as a “shameful act.”
“He also uses this opportunity to call on the members of the general public with useful information on this erring personnel to contact the AC X-Squad on 08101135551, the Officer in Charge of CP’s monitoring unit on 08062393675, and also the Commissioner of Police on his direct line, 08037233584.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, further assures members of the public of their safety and enjoins them to make it a duty to always report unwholesome/unprofessional conduct of personnel of the Command, noting that the Command under his watch will ensure that justice is served and the erring personnel sanctioned in accordance with the provision of the law,” the statement added.
