The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested and detained four police officers for allegedly extorting N53,000 from the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr Musa Aliyu (SAN).
Penpushing reports that the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Sanusi made this known during a press briefing adding that the alleged policemen committed the crime during an illegal stop-and-search operation in Abuja.
The Commissioner described the officers as “thieves” who had no business wearing the police uniform, stressing that the officers mounted an unauthorised checkpoint around the Banex area of Wuse after leaving their respective duty posts.
Penpushing further reports that Sanusi said the policemen, thereafter extorted the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) Chairman without knowing his identity.
The police boss added that the anti-crime agency boss was forced to withdraw N53,000 through a Point-of-Sale Operator (POS) and even paid the transaction charges before the officers shared the money among themselves.
“I must say here too that we have about four policemen in custody as we speak who successfully extorted somebody of high importance, unknown to them that this person is a highly placed person in society. In clear terms, they extorted the Chairman of the ICPC.
“They extorted him of N53,000. They took him to a POS, he withdrew the money, paid the charges and they shared the money among themselves, ” he said.
Penpushing also report that Sanusi said investigations revealed that the officers had abandoned their designated duty posts and formed a gang that mounted an illegal checkpoint to extort motorists.
“They are a gang of criminals who left various divisions, clustered together, moved to Wuse Banex and created a checkpoint where they perpetrated this act before fleeing,” he said.
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