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Police operatives
Eight Policemen attached to the Imo State Command have been dismissed and 20 others facing orderly room trials for alleged unprofessional conducts.
The policemen were dismissed between last December and this month, spokesman Henry Okoye, disclosed during an interview on a radio programme in Owerri.
According to him, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Mohammed Barde, has zero tolerance for extortion and other unprofessional conducts by policemen, adding that another cop had been detained for extorting N350,000 from a resident.
Okoye said the money had been returned to the owner and the policeman was facing disciplinary actions.
The police spokesman said the command also apprehended 80 suspected criminals for offences such as conspiracy, armed robbery, murder and rape.(The Nation)
