Police officer arrested for taking Sh30,000 bribe resorts to wailing
The individuals were promised that they would be released upon giving out the money.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives on Friday arrested a police officer for allegedly extorting Sh30,000 from a complainant.
According to the commission, the officer based at a Nairobi station allegedly demanded the money from two brothers whom he had arrested and detained for an unknown offence.
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The individuals were promised that they would be released upon giving out the money.
Investigations conducted by the EACC revealed that the officer had received the money and not booked the arrested individuals in the Occurrence Book (OB).
"The Commission received the complaint on Friday and conducted investigations leading to the officer's arrest after receiving the demanded amount," the commission noted.
It added that a minor scuffle ensued during the arrest after the police officer started wailing uncontrollably when the detectives informed him that he was under arrest.
However, attempts by the wailing suspect to resist arrest were unsuccessful.
"Detectives confiscated the suspect's Taurus Revolver Pistol S/No. Q130360 and ammunition, which they later handed over to the OCS EACC Police Station," the commission noted.
The officer was escorted to Kilimani Police Station where he is currently detained pending further processing at EACC Integrity Centre Police Station.
Recently, the Anti-Corruption Commission arrested two Nairobi City County officials implicated in the fraudulent diversion of county revenue.
The two were accused of manipulating the Nairobi Revenue Services portal to falsely reflect the full payment of fees.
According to the Commission, the complainant had visited the revenue offices to pay Sh45,000 annual parking fees for his commercial vehicles. Instead, the EACC said, the suspects asked him to deposit the money into a private bank account, promising he would pay less for the service.
“To confirm to the complainant that it was possible to help him escape full payment if he agreed to the deal, the suspects entered the registration details of the complainant’s vehicle in the revenue portal, which indicated that he had paid," states a report seen by The Eastleigh Voice.
"The complainant was able to verify that the portal indicated full payment of the parking fees for the whole year, even without depositing any amount."
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