The Chairman of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Task Force), Shola Jejeloye, has set up a panel to investigate the alleged extortion of a journalist by officials of the agency.
PUNCH Metro had reported on December 22, 2022, that the journalist, Babajide Guerrero, accused some task force officials of collecting N100,000 from him after accusing him of committing a traffic offence.
After the publication, the sports journalist was invited by the agency’s chairman.
Guerrero told our correspondent that Jejeloye called for the immediate arrest of the culprits.
He said, “Officer Adeyemi whom I said was responsible was called but he didn’t show up; all the Adeyemis at the agency were brought to me to identify but none of them was him. I was surprised at how professionally the chairman handled the matter. He called for the arrest of all the officers responsible for the extortion.”
He confirmed that the money was later returned to him.
The Director, Press and Public Affairs, Task Force, Raheem Gbadeyan, stated that the officers were under investigation.
He said, “The officers were invited for interrogation and as we speak, they are under scrutiny. The chairman has set up a panel of inquiry to look into the matter; he’s not going to take it lightly with any of them.”
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