Damilola Kushimo, the Deputy Chief Press Secretary to the LCDA Chairman, Bayo Olasoju, disclosed this in a WhatsApp chat with one of our correspondents on Wednesday.
PUNCH Metro on Monday reported that Falua, who is a retiree, accused the task force officials of extorting him N55,000 in the area while on his way from the Airport Road where he visited a family friend.
The agency, in a statement by its Director, Press and Public Affairs, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, on Tuesday, condemned the extortion. “There is no Task Force Office in Okota, and as of the time of the extortion, our men were busy in other locations.”
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