The Inspector General of Police (IG) Task Force charged with enforcing the ban on police checkpoints, yesterday arrested two policemen on illegal checkpoint duty at the Okota area of Lagos.

The IG, Solomon Arase, had as one of his cardinal progrmmes pledged to clear police checkpoints, even as he deployed 16 teams nationwide to enforce the ban.

The incident which was witnessed by THISDAY, saw the patrol team swoop on the three policemen at their illegal checkpoint duty.

The policemen dressed in camouflage, had parked their motorcycle in front of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) as they stopped vehicles for stop-and -search, as well as fleeced them before releasing them.

Probably acting on a tip-off, the enforcement team stormed the area and immediately gave a chase as the three policemen made to flee on one motorcycle.

As the policemen fled, they released shots into the air to scare motorists to clear the way for them to escape.

While one policeman was left behind, the second fell off the speeding motorcycle and the two were promptly arrested and transferred to the patrol vehicle.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ig-taskforce-arrests-two-policemen-on-illegal-checkpoint-duty/210203/

Change. Hope the IG is not looking for favour from Buhari. This new IG is really putting up some actions that seem to me like eye service. However, I commend him for doing things strangely differently.

Lol that scene sounds interesting...
Police pursues police

Theif arrests theif..
Good riddance!

kaorama:
Change. Hope the IG is not looking for favour from Buhari. This new IG is really putting up some actions that seem to me like eye service. However, I commend him for doing things strangely differently.

Eye service or not as far as the right thing is done.

from Lagos, they taskforce should move along benin to Onitsha, early morning and evening. who said they ll not "arrest" more ppl on comouflage.