The police commissioner in Ogun, Abiodun Alamutu, says three officers have been dismissed for armed robbery and extortion.

The cops were paraded alongside 27 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists, at the police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, on Tuesday,

According to Mr Alamutu, the cops and a civilian were arrested following a report by Kashimao Emmanuel, a student at Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode.

The dismissed officers are Inspector Taiwo Kolawole, Inspector John Ogbe and Cpl Idowu Sunday, of the Ijebu-Ife division, and the civilian, Adesiyan Mathew, a driver.

The commissioner said the victim told the police that while he was driving in his Toyota Venza, with the number plate, No. LSD 813 EX, he was accosted by a gang of four armed men, one of whom was in police camouflage, while the others wore mufti and they demanded his phone, but he declined.

“In the process, one of them fired a shot into the air and that was when he complied. They entered into his car and took him away towards Sagamu expressway. On getting to Ososa, they made a U-turn to Ijebu-Ode, where a sum of N300,000 was forcefully transferred from his account to an Opay account no. 9097829766,” Mr Alamutu said.

The police chief revealed that during an investigation, two other complainants who were victims at various times, came forward and identified the suspects to have robbed them of their belongings in the same manner.

He noted that with the dismissal of the officers after being tried in orderly room, “they will be charged to court soonest.”

Six rifles with breach number 23286 with 10 rounds of live ammunition, one AK-47 rifle with breach number 804274 with six rounds of ammunition, and a Toyota Camry marked APP 684 DX, were recovered from the suspects as exhibits.