Police return N3m extorted by officers at gunpoint

The police have returned the N3 million which some officers extorted from one Kelechi Isaac in Bayelsa State.

The incident occurred on August 26 in Odi area of the state.

Kelechi had in a viral video said the policemen beat him up, tied his hands, sandwitched him in a vehicle, put a gun to his head and forced him to transfer N3 million to two moniepoint accounts.

Kelechi, who is based in Ghana, hails from Nguru Nworie, a community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state.

In the video, the victim narrated how five policemen flagged down his vehicle while he was driving back from a marriage ceremony with two of his friends.

He said the operatives subsequently forced him at gunpoint to transfer the N3 million to two separate bank accounts.

The victim had appealed to the police authorities to get his money back.

“The policemen involved in this case of extortion of N3 million have been arrested,” he had said, adding that they were from Zone 16 headquarters in Yenagoa.

The victim, Kelechi in another post said he was informed on September 5 by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 16, Paul Omata that the money had been recovered.

He confirmed on Friday that he has collected the money.

“They have given me the money today, just coming in from Bayelsa now,” he said in a WhatsApp message.

“After the handover I refused to touch the cash, insisting they get a POS agent to take the cash and transfer it to me, which they did,” he stated.