Anambra Police Commissioner, Monday Kuryas, disclosed on Wednesday that the ₦.5m taken forcefully by men of the police force has been returned to the owner.
No fewer than seven policemen have been nabbed by the Anambra Police Command over the alleged extortion.
Recall that the CP, Kuryas, earlier vowed to prosecute the suspects after series of investigations.
According to the Nation, the victim was an Onitsha- based businessman.
Although the Police Command did not indicate the number of arrested suspects, a Senior Police Officer, who pleaded anonymity, said they were seven.
Confirming the incident, Anambra Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Ikenga Tochukwu, said the CP expressed total aversion for unprofessionalism and other extortionist tendencies amongst operatives in the Command.
He confirmed the arrest followed a petition alleging the extortion of N500,000 from a citizen by some men of the Command.
According to him: “Investigations, ordered by the CP, into the case led to the swift identification and arrest of the personnel involved.
“The sum of N500,000 extorted from the victim was also recovered intact and returned to him and the officers charged with misconduct in line with extant disciplinary procedure of the Force,” Tochukwu said.
