Police Officers Face Trial For Extorting N1million From Traveller 

The Enugu State Police Command has vowed to prosecute some officers from the Awkunanaw Police Station in Garriki, accused of extorting N1million from a traveller.

The victim’s brother @Mr_Robmichael1 took to his X account to raise the alarm, claiming that the officers stopped his brother’s bus, “kidnapped” him, and took him to an unknown village where the extortion occurred.

According to the brother’s account, the officers even collected an additional N50,000 as a POS charge.

@Mr_Robmichael1 wrote: “Nigerian Police officer in Enugu used POS to collect 1m from my younger brother after kidnapping him and took him to unknown village”.

He added, “1million naira recovered from Nigerian Police officers attached to Awkunanaw Police station, MTD, Garriki, Enugu.

“The officers kidnapped my younger brother on his way to Umuahia & took him to a POS shop and made him withdraw 1m from his account.

Thanks to @Jamessucre2 @DanNdukwe”

The police have since identified the officers involved and recovered the extorted money.

The Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Dan Ndukwe, who condemned the incident, stated that the officers would face consequences for their actions.

Providing further update on the development, @Mr_Robmichael1 revealed that the police officers were identified as having informed the state Police Public Relations Officer, Dan Ndukwe, and also reported to the Divisional Police Officer.

He added that the money was recovered from the officers after visiting their station.

“Police officers identified. We are (at) the police station, MTD Police Station, Garriki, Enugu, waiting for the refund. Thanks to @DanNdukwe and DPO of MTD police station.

“Thanks to DPO Awkunanaw Police Station, Mr. Chukwuegu Longinus, immediately I reported the case to him, he drove straight to the checkpoint and after identifying the officers involved, he mandated them to refund. Omoh, it’s a mess here in Nigeria. 1 million naira recovered from Nigerian Police officers attached to Awkunanaw Police station, MTD, Garriki, Enugu.”

Reacting, Ndukwe described the extortion as unacceptable, stressing that the officers would be made to face the music.

“This is totally unacceptable and as I had informed @Mr_Robmichael1 via phone after the recovery, refunding the money isn’t enough. The police officers involved will have to dance to the music they tuned on. We don’t have a place for this in the NPF,” Ndukwe wrote on the X platform.

Ndukwe went further to state: “Sorry, as much as possible I say things exactly the way I know they’re. I’m not dirty or ugly. The NPF I work for isn’t dirty or ugly. That some police officers do “ugly or “dirty” things unexpected of them, doesn’t render the entire single largest agency of FRN dirty or ugly.”