Kwara Police Investigate Officers Who 'Extorted' Trader Of N2m

Date: 2023-01-12

The Kwara State Police Command on Tuesday said it was still investigating some officers over alleged extortion of a forex trader to the tune of N2m.

The PPRO, Okasanmi Ajayi, while speaking with City & Crime, the matter is still under investigation.

“Yes, we received an allegation that some policemen were involved in extortion of a businessman to the tune of N2m. But the substance of the allegation is still undergoing investigation and when we are through, I will avail you the outcome,” Okasanmi added.

According to a report by FIJ, an online news platform, policemen attached to Harmony Squad, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Kwara, harassed and extorted one James Karunwi, a forex trader, of N2m.

“He said he visited Ilorin two weeks ago, and was going to a market with a friend when a police patrol squad van accosted them.

“He said the officers ordered him and his friend to submit their phones. He identified some of them as Jude, Taiwo and Danjuma.

After searching through the phones, the police dragged them to the SCID headquarters, made them write a statement and then forced Karunwi to give them N2m through a Point of Sale (POS) merchant in the area,” the report added.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sheriff Shagaya     Sulyman Buhari     Aliyu Adebayo     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Owu Fall     Maigida     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Nagode     Oloriegbe     Convocation Ceremonies     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Samari     Adamu Atta     Sardauna     Odolaye Aremu     Saliu Alamoyo     Yemi Sanni     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Olatunji Ibrahim     S.O. Opowoye     Pakata Patriots     Kwara Pdp     Ethical College     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     N-Power     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Ibrahim Abikan     Idowu Laro     Ekiti     Tsaragi-Share     Ilorin Emirate     IHS Towers     Ramadhan     Gamji Members Association     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Bolaji Nagode     FERMA     Ubandoma     Ayodele Shittu     Tunde Akanbi     Ilorin Metro Park     Danladi     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Rashidi Yekini     Tafidan Kaiama     Kwara 2019     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Bolakale Saka     Rotimi Oyedepo     Javed Khan     KWASSIP     Oloje     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Minister     Eruku     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Samuel Adedoyin     Rueben Parejo     Kola Adesina     Kwara NIPR     Yakub Lai Gobir     Babaita     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Face Masks     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     KWASIEC     Gbugbu     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Sarah Jubril     Ibrahim Mashood     Bayer AG     Omotosho     Ibrahim Labaika    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Emmanuel Bello     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     ENetSuD     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Al-Adaby     Kwara Liberation Group     Kehinde Baale     Fatai Olodo     Mustapha Olanipekun     Share-Tsaragi     Akeem Lawal     SWAN     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Ibrahim Abikan     Nurudeen Muhammed     GAMA     Rasaq Jimoh     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Imam Gambari     Issa Baba     Sarkin Malamai     Quareeb     CCT     Durbar     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Ahman Patigi     Isiaka Danmeromu     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Yusuf Ali     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Alore     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Popo-Igbonna     Onilu     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Kanu Agabi     Tsaragi-Share     Ope Saraki     Inside Kwara     Press Release     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Yeketi     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Modibbo Kawu     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     KWIRS     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Bahago     Kolo     Issa Manzuma     Oja-Oba     Babatunde Idiagbon     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Benin Republic     Mohammed Abduraheem     Surajudeen Akanbi     NIRSAL     Raimi Iyanda     Abdulwahab Oba     Ajike People Support Centre     IYA YUSUF     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Opobiyi     Ahmed Dankaya     Taiwo Joseph     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Pius Abioje     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Samuel Adaramola     Quranic Recitation Competition     Elekoyangan