The Nigerian Police Force have arrested policemen who extorted ₦3 million from Kelechi Isaac, in Bayelsa State.
Raye24reporter reports that Kelechi Isaac, a Ghana-based Nigerian, narrated how policemen at gunpoint, collected money from him in Bayelsa State where he attended a friend’s traditional wedding ceremony.
“Immediately they accessed my phone, they went to my messages log and saw a ₦10 million bank alert. Immediately they saw the alert they shouted ‘Na dem’.
“At that point the beating increased. They said that if I didn’t give them ₦6m they would kill all of us. Out of fear I started negotiating with them and at end of the day I transferred ₦3m to them in two bank accounts they provided and drove with us and stopped us at Ahoda in Rivers State and drove back,” Isaac stated his experience with the policemen.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who had earlier promised the Bayelsa State Police Command would fish out the policemen, in a statement on Thursday, announced that the officers have been arrested.
He stated that the policemen are attached to Zone 16 Command in Yenagoa. “The policemen involved in this case of extortion of 3m have been arrested.
“The men are attached to zone 16 command in Yenagoa. The command has been asked to produce the men at the FHQ. The FHQ will continue to sanitize the system and ensure justice is done in all cases brought to its notice,” Adejobi said.
The Police Public Relations Officer said the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, is against any unprofessional conduct of police personnel, including any form of extortion.
“I and many senior officers feel uncomfortable the way some policemen engage in unprofessional conduct, most especially forceful extortion, and most times, they even drop the name of the IGP in their illegal and inhumane act.
“The IGP has condemned it and reiterated that he doesn’t need any money or gift from any officer as returns or settlement. The IGP will never condone or support any unprofessional, corrupt, and illegal act. The Force will continue to uphold its values and ethics,” he added on his X handle.
