Police arrest unruly personnel in trending video extorting, assaulting travellers in Kogi

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The arrest of the personnel comes a few hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, ordered an immediate investigation into the matter.

The Kogi State Police Command says it has arrested four of its personnel who were seen in a trending video extorting and assaulting travellers in a location in the state.

During the search, the officers found a laptop with a man who said he was a student and used the laptop for his assignments.In his account, one of the officers removed his uniform and took the student to a point-of-sale operator where they made the student withdraw N25, 000 and handed it over to them as they did not want it transferred to any of their accounts to avoid detection.

The statement said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Idrisu Dabban, assured that the command was doing its best to establish contact with the victims and enjoined them to reach out to it through 08107899269.The police “assured that any of the officers found wanting in the investigations would be dealt with accordingly.

 

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