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Some 30 officers of
the Oyo State Police command were dismissed in the last one year after
being convicted for extortion, Baba Adisa Bolanta, the state
Commissioner of Police, disclosed at the weekend.

The police boss,
who said the dismissed cops were found guilty of extorting money from
commercial and private motorists, said an additional 16 policemen were
demoted for the same offence under the year in review.

Special attention

Mr. Bolanta, who
was speaking with journalists at his office in Ibadan to commemorate
his first year in office as the commissioner in charge of the state
command, said the affected individuals were sanctioned after the court
martial set up to examine their involvement in the allegations against
them found them culpable.

He informed that
the most of the affected cops were within the ranks of inspector to
corporal, reiterating the determination of the command to rid its
system of bad eggs.

The CP also told
the press that the federal government has recently decided to give
special attention to seven cities in the countries in a special
security scheme to ensure effective policing.

The cities, which,
he said, would enjoy special allocations in terms of equipment, include
Ibadan, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja, Onitsha, Maiduguri and Kaduna.

Adding that the cities would be used as the pilot scheme for the
project which will cut across other cities if it becomes successful, he
noted that the beneficiaries would enjoy special consideration to allow
them combat crime effectively in their domains.