Tag: extortion
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Police arrest, detain own personnel over alleged extortion in Kogi
Police have arrested and detained four of its personnel in Kogi over alleged extortion of N25,000 from a traveller and physical assault on another in a trending video. Commissioner of Police, Idrisu Dauda Dabban, disclosed this in a statement signed by the police command’s image maker, DSP William Aya, on Sunday in Lokoja. Dabban said…
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Army probes alleged involvement of personnel in murder, extortion in Katsina
The Nigerian Army is to begin investigating the alleged involvement of its personnel in extortion and the gruesome murder of a woman in Yankara village of Katsina State. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, on Wednesday. Yerima said the army authorities would not shield or…