The Zone 16 Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested four personnel including a police inspector involved in the alleged abduction and extortion
A friend of the victims who learnt about their ordeal reported it to the police headquarters where top hierarchy swung into action.
A source close to the command, said the AIG Zone 16, Benjamin Okolo, ordered the arrest of the suspects and additional facts revealed that the accused personnel’s action was without the knowledge of their superior officers. Confirming the incident, the public relations officer, Zone 16, SP Ikwo Kevin, said some fraudster known as Yahoo boys defrauded some foreigners of the sum of $28,000 dollars, for which they went after them and got them arrested.
“The fraudster confessed to the crime and pleaded for leniency but instead of them to do the needful, they compromised by collecting monies from them, so when the AIG got wind of the matter, he ordered for their arrest and detention. “Information we got was that the police got N10 million while the informant also got N10 million of his own share, but has eventually returned N7.5 million from his hideout and still on the run. The monies they got were also recovered, while investigation is still on,” Ikwo said.
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