Four police officers arrested over extortion video in Abuja

Peoples Gazette

Four police operatives seen in a viral video extorting an Abuja resident have been taken into custody, says police spokesperson Josephine Adeh.

Ms Adeh on Wednesday said Babaji Sunday, the Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), ordered their immediate arrest and investigation.

The viral extortion video, circulating in the social media, had shown the officers on traffic duty along Area 11, intercepted and extorted money from a man whose identity had not been identified.

Ms Adeh said, “The Police wish to call on anyone who has a way of reaching out to the young man in the video to avail the Command with his contact details or to relay a message of invitation to the Public Relations Office of the Command…