Police Return Over N85m Extorted By Operatives Of Rivers Command To Owner

Over N85 million allegedly extorted by the Anti-Cyber Crime Unit attached to the State CID of Rivers State Police Command, have been refunded by the Nigeria Police Force to its owner, Davidson John Atubi, a chairman of a pipeline surveillance facility.

Osun Defender gathered that some policemen in Rivers State invaded the home of the victim, arrested him and seized over N100 million, which he was supposed to use to pay his worker’s salaries, and medical treatment abroad.

Two plasma televisions, gold worth over N5 million and a standing fan carted away from a victim were also returned.

The money and the items were refunded to Human rights activist, Comrade Israel Joe and his team on Friday, December 22.

Also, the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Emeka Nwonyi, the Deputy Commissioner of Police as well as an Assistant Commissioner of Police were redeployed over the matter.

The development was confirmed in a statement signed and made available on Wednesday, December 27, by the activist.

He said,” An equivalent of almost 89 million naira, two plasma Televisions, gold worth over 5 million naira and a standing fan carted away from the victim’s house was handed over to my team, the victim and I, on Friday 22nd December 2023 which was confirmed and released early hours of today Wednesday 27th December.

“We had gone severally to Port Harcourt and Abuja in search of the truth and justice that has been delivered to us.

“The IPO Emmanuel Eteng and his group that perpetuated the crime are being disciplined by the police to have lied with the name of the IGP and other top officers in order to extort.”

Comrade Joe while urging the new Commissioner of Police in Rivers State,CP Tunji Disu to continue to monitor the activities of unscrupulous policemen, expressed gratitude to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun and his team for ensuring justice in the matter.

“We wish to commend the zero tolerance of extortion and indiscipline by the Police Authorities of the NPF and urge the IGP to continue in this golden path of justice,” he said.