A police inspector attached to the
Railway Police Command, Ebute-Meta, identified only as Joseph, has been
detained for allegedly stealing bunches of plantain. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday while trying to hide the plantain in two trucks.
It was learnt that a senior police officer in the command ordered his detention and his arraignment for the crime.
A source at the command, however, said
another senior officer pleaded with the officer that the suspect be
released as the incident could embarrass the command.
He said, “The inspector is attached to
the Railway Police Command. On Tuesday around 12pm, he went to the
commissioner’s lodge and harvested plantains without any authority. As
if that was not bad enough, he brought two trucks into the command to
take the plantain away. He wanted to cover up the plantains with some
iron sheets so that he could take them through the gate without being
detected.
“He was on this when some workers at the Railway Command called the attention of the authorities to it and he was arrested.”
Another source told PUNCH Metro that the superior officer of the suspect pleaded for his release.
He said, “The matter is still on. The
senior officer who pleaded that he should not be prosecuted explained
that the action could dent the image of the command.”
The Commissioner of Police, Railway
Police Command, Pius Imue, however, said he was not in Lagos, adding
that he could not comment on the incident.
He said, “I have been in Abuja since
last weekend for the inauguration of the Abuja-Kaduna railway line, so I
haven’t been on the ground to know about the incident. And if this
happened in the command, officers who were on the ground would have
attended to it.”
Nigeria Police Inspector detained for stealing plantain
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