Visa Processing: Lagos DPO, Officers demand N1millon for bail fee–CHRSJ raises alarm

….Calls for outright dismissal of  Ogun Police Officers over illegal invasion

 …..Set to Petition Police authorities

A human rights organization, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice(CHRSJ) has raised an alarm against the Lagos State  Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ijaiye Ojokoro Police Station and its Anti- Crime Unit with Woman Police Officer(Veronica), demanding for N1millon as bail fee from one Mr. Humble Vitalis Onuoha(+2349161250117) before her wife,Mrs. Onuoha(+2347060813775) could be released from the Police custody.The group also disclosed that the Divisional Police Station had earlier collected the sum of One Hundred and Ten Thousand naira (N110,000) from Mr. Onuoha as bail fee over Visa processing matter, adding that sum of Five thousand naira (N5,000) were collected from Onuoha’s friend, Emmanuel Chekwas(+2348039359670) before the Police could allow him to see detained Onuoha while in Police custody on Monday.
Giving the details of the occurrence,it stated that the complainant reported the visa processing transaction to the Police Station on Monday where Onuoha was happy to show up before the Police and as well told the Police that he was ready to sign an undertaking with the Police because the visa application is under processing and if the visa application was not successful,he would pay the money back to the complainant.
But the Police turned the matter to the conduit pipe where they could be extorting the affected persons, instead of settling the matter positively, they added salt to the injury of the matter by turning the Station  to  *Debt Collection Centre/Office*.

The rights group also called for disciplinary action against the officers by transferring them out of the Station in order to save the Police Force from  image.l crisis.

It had concluded arrangement to write a Petition Letter to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Police Service Commissioner (PSC) and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to report the illegality of the Police officers attached to Ijaiye Ojokoro Divisional Police Station for unlawful and unprofessional action.In another related development, the Centre(CHRSJ) strongly condemned the illegal invasion of private residence of Mrs. Lamidi Khadijat Salami(+2348167386422) by the men of Ogun State Police Command with their team leader(+2347032302804) on Wednesday for quitting the Asia Microfinance Bank.
It was reported that the private residence of Mrs. Khadijat Salami in Ihunbo, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State,were invaded by the Police with unsigned and illegal invitation Letter, claimed to be emanating from D8 Section of the State Command of the Police,Eleweran,Abeokuta.
It was learnt that *Madam Toyin Ogunsemowo (+2348166658706) , one Hammed and C.O.Bayo(+2347038260572)*, the acclaimed representatives of the Asia Microfinance Bank, were threatened to sniff the life of Mrs.Salami for quitting the loan group under the Microfinance Bank by physically attacked her residential building few weeks ago.
It was also learnt that instead of Police to do the needful by arresting the acclaimed representatives of Asia Microfinance Bank, they were planning to witch-hunt Mrs Salami for no just reason but because the Police had collected huge bribe from the acclaimed Microfinance Bank representatives
It added that the property of Mrs. Salami was maliciously damaged by the acclaimed two representatives of the Microfinance by threatening to kill her if she dares quitting the loan group.
Information has it that Mrs.Salami who led a section of the group under the Microfinance Bank, quitting the group on the instruction of her husband, *Chief S. Salami(+2348166763277)*, an High Chief of an ancient town of Ihunbo, following the defaulting nature of the members of the group.
Detailing the development, *Mrs.Salami lead a section of the loan group under which Ogunsemowo, Hammed and Bayo were Leaders and Deputy Leader respectfully and the group section of Mrs. Salami obtained the loan of N3million for her group members which they were defaulted in payment of the loan back and some of them leave the shore of Nigeria by running to countries like Republic of Benin,Togo, Mali and others for hiding*. 
Meanwhile, *the repayment of the N3millon loan back fell on Mrs.Salami, where this acclaimed two representatives, Ogunsemowo and Bayo had removed N900,000 upfront before N2.1million were given to Mrs.Salami and her loan group members then, adding that Mrs.Salami painstakingly paid the whole N3million back without minding the sum of N900,000 removed upfront by the so-called two leaders*. 
Although, before *Mrs. Salami could agree to pay the whole N3million, the leaders of the community need to intervene and the Sabo-Owode Branch of Zenith Bank Passbooks for daily contribution and that of the loan have been signed and submitted to the so-called leaders*.
Salami group members that ran away for repayment of the loan collected were; *Mrs. Taibat Adewumi(+234 9035595194),Taiwo Oseni(+234 7065565980), Arike Fagbemi(+234 7038222674),Grace Sewabo(+234 7011176719), Serah Ojo(+234 8083104457), Elizabeth Eweje(+234 9065535095), Abiodun Olatunji (+234 9067842311) and one Matthew*.
Also, *Mrs.Salami personally requested for another N250,000 after the repayment of N3million earlier obtained back and the so-called leaders removed N170,000 and gave N80,000 to her as loan but she paid back the whole N250,000, where her husband, Chief Salami saw the action as extortion of highest order and directed her to withdraw from the loan group since March, 2022 with immediate effect*.
Salami’s action was not going down well with the so-called leaders of the group *since April, 2022 by formenting trouble with her and took their threat to the next level by vowing to kill Mrs.Salami if she did not belong to the group again because, Ogunsemowo Toyin(+2348166658706), an acclaimed OPC member have seen Lamidi Khadijat Salami(+2348167386422) as their Automated Teller Machine(ATM)*.

Speaking on the issue, the Executive Chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ),Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, said that Police officers have transgressed beyond their mecuantancy on two matters, calling on Ogun State Police Commissioner(+2348033012915), and his Lagos State counterpart(+2348033012915),to call their personnel to order,describing their actions as illegal, undemocratic, unconstitutional, unlawful and abuse of office. 

Comrade Sulaiman, insisted that Police was not concerned about the business transerction between the duo but just turning themselves to debt collector which against thier core mandate of policing the country because of the kicked back they have collected from the so- called complainant.

CHRSJ condemned the idioscycratic tendency of nonsensical constabulary mentality of these afforementioned lawless Police officers and their station’s criminality discripancies of pornchaturious competitious narchonic narcunal of contradictory all Nigeria relevant Laws, Codes, Acts including the DEED Business-Transerction writing aggrement within the parties

The rights group ( CHRSJ) therefore, called the attention of the Police authorities, to caution and curb the excesses  of the officers attached to Ijaiye Ojokoro Police Station, Lagos and D8 Section of the Ogun State Police Command and these aforementioned Police officers should be  *dealt with* in accordance with the relevant provisions of the law, in order to serve as a deterrent to other lawless Police officers in the Force, which they might have the same anartomical contour of diabolical plan against the  *Rule* of  *Law*  and  *Fundamental Rights*  of the citizens.