How four police officers extorted man who turned out to be ICPC chairman – CP

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Sanusi, has disclosed that 4 officers of the bid are presently successful detention for allegedly extorting N53,000 from the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.

Sanusi made the disclosure on Monday during a property briefing astatine the FCT Police Command office successful Abuja.

He stated that the incidental occurred during an amerciable stop-and-search cognition wrong the nation’s superior city.

According to the CP, the officers abandoned their designated work posts and mounted an unauthorized checkpoint astir the Banex country successful Wuse, wherever they intercepted and extorted the ICPC president without knowing his identity.

He described the officers arsenic “thieves,” noting that they took the ICPC president to a Point of Sale, POS, relation wherever they were capable to retreat the wealth from his account.

CP said the serviceman subsequently shared the proceeds among themselves, earlier the ICPC brag reported the substance to the command.

“I indispensable accidental present that we presently person 4 policemen successful custody who extorted a highly placed idiosyncratic without knowing who helium was. In wide terms, they extorted the Chairman of the ICPC.

“They collected N53,000 from him...