Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ahmed Sanusi, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists in Abuja.
According to the CP, the officers abandoned their assigned duty posts and converged around the Banex area of Wuse, where they illegally mounted a checkpoint and extorted the ICPC chairman without knowing his identity.
The FCT Police Commissioner further revealed that the officers compelled Dr. Aliyu to withdraw ₦53,000 through a Point of Sale (POS) operator and also made him pay the transaction charges before sharing the proceeds among themselves.
“We have about four policemen in custody as we speak who successfully extorted somebody of high importance, unknown to them that this person is a highly placed person in society.
"In clear terms, they extorted the Chairman of the ICPC. They extorted him of ₦53,000. They took him to a PoS, he withdrew the money, paid the charges and they shared the money among themselves,” the CP disclosed.
He described the suspects as “a gang of criminals,” saying they left their respective divisions and assembled at the location where they established an illegal checkpoint and carried out the extortion before fleeing the scene.
CP Sanusi said the Command had declared the officers wanted before arresting the gang leader, whose confession led investigators to the remaining members of the syndicate.
Speaking on the disciplinary steps to be taken again the officers, the CP said, "We got all of them. We are going to make sure they are severely punished. Those that are going to be dismissed will definitely be dismissed," he assured.
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