The Nigeria Police Force has said that it has nothing to do with one Mr. Richard Gele, the Police Inspector caught in a viral video dignifying and justifying extortion of members of the public and official corruption which trended from the 25th of July, 2022.
A statement by Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Friday, 29th July, said Mr. Gele was a dismissed Inspector.
The Inspector, with AP/No. 188547, was, until his dismissal, attached to Police Mobile Force 77 Squadron, Okene, Kogi State and deployed to the Itobe – Anyigba Road, for safety of road users and commuters, along the route, where the incident occurred.
The dismissed Inspector who hails from Benue State, was enlisted into the Force in September, 2000.
His dismissal, said the statement, came after subjection to internal disciplinary mechanism and being found wanting of the charges levelled against him in line with extant laws governing the conduct of police personnel.
“He therefore ceases to be a member of the Nigeria Police Force with immediate effect,” the statement said, adding, “The officer has been de-kitted and handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State, for further necessary action.”
The statement expressed the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba’s warning to all personnel to eschew extortion, unprofessionalism, official corruption and other inappropriate acts, urging them to display exemplary courage and patriotism in the discharge of their duties.
