Police arrest officers for extorting N3m from Ghana-based Nigerian

The Nigerian Police Force has apprehended officers accused of extorting N3 million from Liberty Isaac and his friends while they were traveling from Bayelsa to Imo State.

In a post on X.com on Thursday, Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated that the officers, who are attached to the Zone 16 Command in Yenagoa, have been directed to report to Force Headquarters for further investigation.

Adejobi wrote: “The policemen involved in the N3 million extortion case have been arrested. They are attached to Zone 16 Command in Yenagoa. The command has been instructed to produce them at the Force Headquarters. The FHQ will continue to sanitize the system and ensure justice is served in all reported cases.”

NIGERIA NEWS 247 previously reported that a Ghana-based Nigerian, Liberty Isaac, had called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to identify and punish the officers who allegedly extorted N3 million from him at gunpoint.

Isaac, who is from Nguru Nworie autonomous community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, recounted that he and two friends were stopped by the policemen last Monday at the Udi axis in Bayelsa. The officers allegedly manhandled him, threatened to shoot him, and forced him to transfer the sum of N3 million.