A young man, Thompson Ntiedo has been arrested for taking pictures of a policeman collecting bribe from a commercial motorist, He was arrested by personnel of the Okota Police Station on Tuesday evening, who claimed they were carrying out the directives of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), James Chu, a CSP.
The victim was detained for three hours, released on bail at about 9pm with his two phones confiscated after he was forced to delete all the pictures he took. He was asked to return to the station Wednesday morning which he did and was finally set free following the intervention of the police human rights officer.As if detaining him was not enough, his brother who signed his bail bond was allegedly made to part away with some cash as “appreciation”.
Narrating his ordeal, the victim said: