Nigeria, April 13 -- The police in Lagos have poured accolades on some of its officers for rejecting a N500,000 bribe offered to them during an operation and arresting the suspects with stolen construction materials.

This is contained in a statement released by Muyiwa Adejobi, the Lagos police spokesperson on Tuesday.

Mr Adejobi said the police operatives, who are attached to Area E Command at Festac, accosted five men with stolen construction material belonging to China Construction Engineering Company (CCEC) at midnight on Sunday.

The suspects allegedly offered N500,000 bribe to the officers, but it was rejected and they were arrested.

"The Police operatives attached to Area E Command, Festac Lagos State, on 11th April, 2021, at abo...