Rivers State Police has said on Thursday that some cops who allegedly extorted money from two undergraduates of the University of Port Harcourt in Rumuologu, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, have been identified and would be punished.
The students had earlier reported that policemen from the Eagle-Crack unit of the state command extorted N150,000 from them on allegations that they were Internet fraudsters.
One Victor, who is one of the victims of the extortion, said the officers accosted him and his friend when they went out to buy food around 11 pm on Tuesday, February 16, 2021.
Victor who is a final year student said the officers forced them to withdraw the money from an Automated Teller Machine point after the policemen collected their mobile phones and threatened to take them to the EFCC or use machetes on them.
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“They (policemen) collected N30,000 in cash, then collected a transfer of N20,000, and N10,000 two times. Then, I withdrew N130,000 myself and gave it to them. This happened at Alakahis car wash, Rumualogu,” he said.
The victim then said that one of the officers forgot his mobile phone in his car.
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“As I locked my car, I saw a phone and I remember that one of the officers used the phone while they were in my car. I switched off the phone and removed the battery,” he added.
The Spokesman for the state command, Nnamdi Omoni, said the deviant policemen had been identified and would be made to face the law.
“We have identified the officers, they will be arrested for them to face the music,” Omoni said.
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