3 Policemen Arrested In Delta For Tinted Glass Extortion

Delta State Police Command has detained three of its officers for extorting N300,000 from a car owner.

The three officers were from the Eburumede Police Station in Uvwie local government area of the state.

Trouble started when the driver was stopped along the major DSC Expressway, Warri, but was unable to show the tinted permit for his car.

According to investigations, the driver was traveling with a friend when the patrol team from the Eburumede division stopped them and demanded his vehicle’s papers.

“After realizing that the papers were accurate, they continued by asking for permission to tint the glass.

“The driver’s vehicle was impounded when he was unable to present the vehicle’s tinted permit. He was instructed to go and raise the sum of N300,000.00 to have his car released.

“After pleading with the patrol team that he does not have cash on him, they suggested he get the money from the closest POS for them so that he can go with the car right away.

 “On getting to the POS they withdrew a total sum of N300,000, gave it to the officers and his car documents and vehicle were handed over to him.

“It was at this point that the driver reported what had transpired to a member of a prominent human rights group in the area who in turn got through to the Commissioner of Police, Delta Command, CP Ari Muhammed Ali, who immediately ordered an investigation into the incident.

“It was at that point that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Eburumede Division, CSP Indifreke Iwok, and his patrol team, were summoned to Asaba, the Command’s headquarters to explain the role played in the incident.

“The DPO, CSP Iwok, and the three members of the police team responsible for the offense were summoned to Asaba to explain their involvement in the scenario that led to the incident and thereafter detained at the command’s headquarters.”

LEADERSHIP reports that the inspector general of police, (IGP), recently ordered that anyone driving factory fitted tinted glasses should not be arrested and his vehicle not be impounded.