Over N80 million Naira (Eighty million Naira) allegedly extorted by the Anti-Cyber Crime Unit attached to the State CID of Rivers State Police Command has been returned to its owner, Davidson John Atubi, a Chairman of a pipeline Surveillance facility.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that two plasma televisions, gold worth over five million Naira and a standing fan carted away from a victim were also returned.
Human rights activist, Comrade Israel Joe revealed that the money and the items were refunded to him and his team on Friday, December 22.
He added that the Police have also redeployed the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Emeka Nwonyi, the Deputy Commissioner of Police as well as an Assistant Commissioner of Police over the matter from the State.
According to him, “An equivalent of almost N89 million, 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.
Joe said, “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 to extort.
“We expressed gratitude to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun and his team for his sagacious move of Justice as well as cleanup of the Rivers State Police Command.” He stated.
He urged the new Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, CP Tunji Disu to continue to monitor the activities of unscrupulous policemen to bring down the great image of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF.
“We wish to commend the zero tolerance of extortion and indiscipline by the Police Authorities of the NPF and urge the IGP to continue on this golden path of justice.” He further said.
It would be recalled that Comrade Israel Joe had petitioned IGP Kayode Egbetokun detailing how the Police in Rivers State Command burst the home of one Davidson John Atubi a chairman of a pipeline surveillance facility, arrested him and seized over one hundred million(dollars and naira) which the victim was supposed to use in payment of salaries of his worker’s medical treatment abroad.
It was learnt that IGP Egbetokun promptly minuted the petition to the IGP-Monitoring unit under the distinguished leadership of DC Elleman Adamu, who investigated the issue painstakingly.