N10m recovered from policemen who extorted corps members in Bayelsa State- Activist (video)

A total of N10 million has been recovered from a team of policemen from Zone 16 in Bayelsa State.

The policemen extorted the money from the family members of a corps member they arrested and detained while he was going to his place of primary assignment.

The victim said the vehicle conveying him and the others was stopped and searched. They also seized their phones and searched them.

According to human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who exposed the extortion, the policemen did not find anything incriminating and asked the corps member to give them money for fuel.

The corps member allegedly transferred N15,000 to them, which resulted in a debit alert being sent to his phone.

The debit reportedly showed a huge account balance, which the policemen reportedly saw and accused him of doing fraud.

He was then detained and told to call his family members to bail him out. The victim’s family reportedly sent N10m to a POS account before the man was released.

Gwamnishu said when he took up the case, he visited the station where the affected policemen jeered at him and told him nothing would come out of the case.

He said he then booked an appointment to see the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the area through the police public relations officer.

Gwamnishu alleged that the AIG reacted to him angrily and sent him out of his office. He added that this was an evidence that the man was in support of the harassment and extortion of members of the public by his men.

He called on the Inspector General of Police to call him to order.

Gwamnishu counted boundles of naira which he said totalled N10 million recovered from the suspected rogue officers.

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