Update: Police Assure Man Its Personnel Extorted ₦3 Million From In Bayelsa Will Get Refund

The Nigerian Police Force, NPF, has assured a victim, Kelechi Isaac that he would get justice after he accused its personnel of extorting ₦3 million from him at gunpoint in Bayelsa State on his way back from a friend's traditional wedding.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuwiya Adejobi, disclosed that the policemen who extorted ₦3 million from Isaac, have been identified.

In a statement, on Sunday, Adejobi regretted the actions of the policemen, stating their actions were unacceptable and condemned.

He added that the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Francis Idu, would interrogate the policemen today, September 2.

“This matter has been taken up by the FHQ and the CP Bayelsa, CP Francis Idu. The men have been identified. We will continue to act on it tomorrow Monday for further investigation. The act is unacceptable and condemned. I personally engaged the CP, and we are on it. Justice will be served,” Adejobi stated.

Narrating his account to Sahara Reporters, Kelechi Isaac, said he came back from Ghana to attend a friend’s traditional wedding in Bayelsa State.

He wrote, “My name is Liberty Kelechi Isaac. I am from Nguru Nworie autonomous community in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state. I base in Ghana. I have not been to Nigeria for six years now. I came to Nigeria to attend a friend’s traditional wedding in Bayelsa State.

“After attending the traditional wedding and we were driving back to Imo State and around Udi axis, some policemen flagged us down. We stopped and they asked me to unlock my phone. I asked them why and they said I must open my phone. I reminded them that the Inspector General of Police asked Nigerians not to allow policemen on the road to access their phones. Immediately I said that, they started beating me.

“They handcuffed me and drove us away and continued beating me. They threatened to kill me if I refused to open it. I asked them to take me to a police station but they refused. So instead of me to die I obeyed them. Immediately they accessed my phone, they went to my messages log and saw a ₦10 million bank alert. Immediately they saw the alert they shouted “Na dem.”

“At that point the beating increased. They said that if I didn’t give them N6m they would kill all of us. Out of fear I started negotiating with them and at end of the day I transferred ₦3m to them in two bank accounts they provided and drove with us and stopped us at Ahoda in Rivers State and drove back.

“I have printed my account statements from my banks and these are the account details they provided which I transferred the money to. I transferred ₦2m to one Yusuf Mustafa of Moniepoint Microfinance Bank and I also transferred ₦1m to one Jerry Ventures of Moniepoint Microfinance Bank with the account number 8179664512.

“I have consulted a lawyer and he has written to the Police Public Relations Officer in Bayelsa state. All I need is my money to be returned to me and for the Inspector General of Police to fish out the policemen who are giving the Nigeria police force a bad image. I believe with these account details they can be fished out.

“I want justice. I want my money returned to me because it is for my project. I want justice. Let the policemen who did this to me be identified so that other Nigerians won’t become their victims. I don’t know if it is a crime for somebody to come back to his country. I don’t do any illicit business. I am a law abiding citizen of this country. I want justice. Let the inspector General of Police fish them out because they said they are from the IG Squad.”