Crime
Daylight robbery: Police authorities arrest officers extorting in video
Four police officers extorting an unidentified man along Area 11, FCT, Abuja, have been arrested and take to police custody.
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command on confirmed this on Wednesday.
The officers were caught in a video trending o social media earlier in the day, and generating reactions.
FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Sunday Babaji in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, ordered investigation to uncover facts of the viral video.
“The CP who received the news with grave bewilderment described the attitude of the officers as a discreditable conduct, an act unbecoming of a police officer, and a total deviation from the core values of uprightness expected of a police officer,” the CP said.
“The CP also said the act is unacceptable and will not be condoned in the command as hesitation will not be made in the administration of a commensurate disciplinary action.”
The FCT command urged residents who may have contact of the victim of the alleged extortion to reach out to the authority, particularly the office of the Police Public Relations Officer of the command for investigations.
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