Two Nasarawa police officers detained over alleged N150,000 extortion

Two constabulary officers attached to the Ado Area Command of the Nasarawa State Police Command person reportedly been detained astatine the Force Headquarters successful Abuja implicit allegations of extortion and wrongful detention involving 2 young travellers.

The officers were accused of detaining the travellers, who were returning from a wedding and heading to the airdrome for their instrumentality travel to Lagos State, earlier reportedly framing 1 of them and demanding ₦150,000 for his release.

The improvement followed the circulation of a viral video showing the equipped officers progressive successful a heated confrontation with the travellers.

In a connection issued connected Thursday, the Nigeria Police Force Complaint Response Unit, CRU, confirmed that the incidental had attracted the attraction of the constabulary authorities, prompting enactment against the officers involved.

The detention of the officers is expected to pave the mode for further probe into the allegations, including the circumstances surrounding the travellers' detention and the reported dem...