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The police said they have initiated efforts to identify the officers.

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He said there were four police operatives from the Area Command Onitsha, Onitsha North Local Government Area of the state.PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible. Help us bring you and millions of others in-depth, meticulously researched news and information.

He said the head of the police team, upon receipt of the documents, immediately claimed that the car documents and a doctor’s report permitting his use of tinted glass were fake.He said three of the operatives subsequently searched his car and immediately one of them brought out a pack of marijuana from the vehicle.The victim said immediately they brought out the pack of marijuana, they siezed his car and his mobile phone and asked him not tell anybody where he was going to.

He said he finally withdrew and gave the operatives N800,000 which he did through a Point on Sale operator, but they further asked him to go his bank to transfer additional N1 million to their account. The victim said it took the intervention of the lawyer and one other person he phoned earlier to be freed by the operatives.When contacted on Tuesday, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, told PREMIUM TIMES that the attention of the police in the state had been drawn to the allegation.

“Meanwhile, the Command also wishes to invite the victim to come to Police Command Headquarters, Awka at the Police Public Relations Office to help us with more information that will help in facilitating the necessary procedures involved in the process,” he stated.to the X post, asked the victim to reach out to commissioner of police in Anambra State through Mr Ikenga.

 

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