KATIKA tukio la aina yake, Polisi nchini Nigeria, Sgt Chris Omeleze , amerekodiwa kwenye picha ya video akilazimisha rushwa ya dola 150 za Marekani kwa dereva wa pikipiki aliyedaiwa kukiuka sheria za usalama barabarani.
Polisi huyo amerekodiwa akizungumza na dereva huyo kwa dakika kadhaa wakiwa katika barabara Kuu jijini Lagos, vituo vya televisheni nchini humo vimeyarusha na kuyapa umaarufu mkubwa.
Polisi huyo tayari amefukuzwa kazi.
Angalia video ya mazungumzo hayo hapo juu.
Soma zaidi hapo chini
A Nigerian policeman has been sacked after being caught on film apparently trying to extort $150 (£100) from a motorist accused of a traffic offence.
Polisi huyo amerekodiwa akizungumza na dereva huyo kwa dakika kadhaa wakiwa katika barabara Kuu jijini Lagos, vituo vya televisheni nchini humo vimeyarusha na kuyapa umaarufu mkubwa.
Polisi huyo tayari amefukuzwa kazi.
Angalia video ya mazungumzo hayo hapo juu.
Soma zaidi hapo chini
A Nigerian policeman has been sacked after being caught on film apparently trying to extort $150 (£100) from a motorist accused of a traffic offence.
The footage - secretly filmed on a Lagos highway - received thousands
of hits on YouTube and has been replayed on Nigerian television
channels.
In the film, Sgt Chris Omeleze suggests he is part of a wider corrupt network.
But Nigeria's central police command insists otherwise. It sacked him less than a day after the video emerged.
Correspondents say being asked for money by traffic police for real
or imagined traffic offences is a common experience for many Nigerians.
It is much rarer for perpetrators to be caught and penalised.
'Reasonable' sum
The film - which has received more than 123,000 hits on YouTube -
shows Sgt Omeleze inside the car trying to negotiate a bribe with the
driver.
The BBC's Tomi Oladipo reports how corruption affects Nigeria
He demands 25,000 naira ($150), but the driver - who was returning from Lagos airport - says he can only spare 2,000.
In response, the police officer threatens to book the driver at the
police station - unless he can come up with a "reasonable" sum.
He says he would accept 1,000 naira, but he is "not working alone".
Later, he sniffs that he has "related to you like my own brother and friend" but cannot accept such a low amount.
He then appears to phone a colleague to explain that the driver is not co-operating and should be booked.
The footage emerged on Tuesday and on Thursday police spokesman Frank Mba confirmed Sgt Omeleze had been fired the previous day.
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