Police officer caught on video counting money after ‘extorting’ 40,000 from a man has been arrested (Watch video)

A Nigeria police officer had no idea he was being filmed after he allegedly extorted 40,000 Naira from a man who defied the lockdown order so he could get food.



In a recent video going viral on Twitter, Officer Taloju Martins, the S.O of Ago Police station in Lagos State, is seen counting 1,000 Naira notes that he allegedly forced a Lagos resident to pay after he was caught outside on Friday, 10, April 2020 at Ago.

The video was widely shared and the officer has now been arrested.

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Police officer caught on video counting money after "extorting". 40,000 from a man who defied the lockdown order to go and buy food. . The Lagos State Police command said Officer Taloju Martins has now been arrested and "will be subjected to internal disciplinary proceedings known as Orderly room trial."

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