N10m recovered from policemen who extorted corps members in Bayelsa
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Over N10 million has been recovered from a team of corrupt police operatives from Zone 16 in Bayelsa State.
This medium gathered that the policemen extorted the money from the family members of a corps member they arrested and detained while he was going to his place of primary assignment.
The victim said the vehicle conveying him and the others was stopped and searched. They also seized their phones and searched them.
According to human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who exposed the extortion, the policemen did not find anything incriminating and asked the corper to give them money for fuel.
The corps member allegedly transferred N15,000 to them as a result of which a debit alert was sent to his phone.
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The alert reportedly showed a huge account balance, which the policemen reportedly saw and accused him of doing fraud.
He was then detained and told to call his family members to bail him.
