Ghana-based Nigerian urges IG to prosecute policemen for N3m extortion

A Ghana-based Nigerian businessman, Liberty Isaac, has urged the Inspector-Basic of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, to prosecute some policemen who allegedly brutalised and extorted N3 million from him at gunpoint in Bayelsa State.

Isaac, who stated he had returned to the nation to attend a pal’s conventional wedding ceremony in August 2024, disclosed that he was accosted by some cops on the Udi axis of the state, who compelled him to unlock his telephones.

He famous that, upon seeing a N10 million financial institution credit score alert, the police operatives brutalised him and compelled him to switch N3 million to them in two tranches, utilizing account particulars supplied by them.

Isaac, who spoke to journalists in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Saturday, revealed that his N3 million had been refunded to him by the management of the Zone 16 zonal command in Bayelsa State.

He said that the Assistant Inspector-Basic of Police in control of the zone launched the cash on bond to him on Friday when he visited the command along with his lawyer.

Regardless of the refund, he expressed that the rogue policemen must be prosecuted, saying such motion would immediate different erring officers to repent and restore the boldness of Nigerians within the Nigeria Police Pressure.

He stated, “It’s true that my N3 million has been refunded to me. By the particular grace of God, on Friday, September 13, I and my workforce, ably led by my lawyer, visited the AIG Zone 16 in Bayelsa State the place the cash was launched to me on bond, and I’m nonetheless in search of correct justice. These policemen must be made to face the regulation for his or her actions. That is armed theft and likewise a kidnapping case.

“This gesture has proven that the Nigeria Police Pressure remains to be a pal, although we all know there are dangerous eggs amongst them, there are additionally good ones. The IGP is set to root out the corrupt ones. I’m grateful to the AIG Zone 16 in Bayelsa and the Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa for his or her swift motion in recovering my cash. From what I’ve gathered, the IGP will, sooner or later, ship justice to me.

“There is no such thing as a doubt that ordinarily, this unlucky incident would have made anybody lose curiosity and confidence within the nation, however as a result of I perceive that there have to be some betrayal in each group, I’ve chosen to consider that the Nigeria Police Pressure has each dangerous and good members. From what I’ve seen, the management of the power is dedicated to figuring out and addressing the dangerous ones.”

He urged the general public to talk out each time confronted with such harassment, saying, “This unlucky expertise is not going to deter me from returning to Nigeria once more. It has solely strengthened my perception that Nigeria will enhance at some point if residents converse out at each alternative. Don’t settle for each crime that happens as regular. Communicate out, and the authorities will handle it.

“I’m standing right here as a witness to this unlucky expertise and its consequence, regardless of my continued expectation that the IGP will cope with the perpetrators accordingly. The one delay was in handing over the cash to me because of the circumstances, however after this incident, I consider that issues may be correctly managed on this nation if we converse out as Nigerians.”

On Thursday, September 5, 2024, the Nigerian Police arrested the policemen concerned within the extortion.

A tweet by the Pressure Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on X.com, learn, “The policemen concerned on this case of extortion of N3 million have been arrested. The lads are hooked up to Zone 16 Command in Yenagoa. The command has been instructed to provide the boys on the FHQ.

“The FHQ will proceed to sanitise the system and guarantee justice is completed in all circumstances dropped at its discover.”