NPF has recovered over N31,000,000 from four police officers who extorted and unlawfully arrested a civilian.
The force PRO said the Nigerian Police has noted an allegation circulated in the social media that the IGP is shielding a cartel accused of smuggling suspicious new Naira note from the Central Bank of Nigeria into circulation, an allegation that was denied.
The incidence in question occurred at the Nnamdi International airport on 26th of August 2023 has been thoroughly investigated, and upon investigation, the officers involved which included DSP Peter Ejike, a lawyer in charge of zone 7 legal session, Inspector Ekeinde Edwin, Inspector Esther Okafor and Sergeant Talabi Kayode all attached to the zone 7 Abuja were found culpable and sanctioned immediately.
These officer lead by Inspector Esther Okafor, on the instructions from DSP Peter Ejike, unlawful arrested Andrew Ejah an employee of Fatfad Cargo Nigeria limited, who was conveying the cash of N74,950,000 only on behalf of clients acting without authorization . The detained Mr Ejah at the zone 7 headquarters Abuja and deliberately misrepresented the recovered amount as N31,790,000 only.
The officers further demanded a percentage of the funds to suppress the case. Open being contacted by the owners of the money, the officers claimed that the money they recovered from the arrested suspect was N31,790,000 and requested for a percentage of the money to jeopardize the investigation and suppress the case.
Outraged by their action, the money owners petitioned the force headquarters Abuja and the matter was directed to the IGP monitoring unit for investigation. During the process the cash of N31,790,000 was recovered from the officers who claimed that, that was the total money recovered from Mr Andrew Ejah.
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