Ghana Based Nigerian Cries Out Over N3m Extortion By Policemen At Gunpoint

A Ghanaian based Nigerian, Liberty Kelechi Isaac has appealed to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun to unmask the policemen that extorted N3million from him at gunpoint.

Isaac who hails from Nguru Nworie autonomous community in the Aboh Mbaise local government area of Imo State, narrated to journalists in Owerri how some policemen accosted him and his two friends, and forced him to part with N3million or lose his life at gunpoint.

According to him, he had returned to Nigeria to attend the traditional marriage ceremony of his friend in Bayelsa State, adding that the policemen accosted them on the highway.

Isaac disclosed that the policemen forced him to unlock his phone and on seeing a N10m bank alert, they started beating him and threatened to kill him if he failed to transfer N6m to them.

Narrating his ordeals in the hands of the supposed police, he said, “My name is Liberty Kelechi Isaac. I am from Nguru Nworie autonomous community in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. I’m based in Ghana. I have not been to Nigeria for six years now. I came to attend a friend’s traditional wedding ceremony in Bayelsa State.

“After attending the traditional wedding and on our way back to Imo State, just around Udi axis, some policemen flagged us down. We stopped and they asked me to unlock my phone. I asked them why and they said I must open my phone. I reminded them that the Inspector General of Police had told Nigerians not to allow policemen on the road to access their phones. But immediately I said that, they started beating me.

“They handcuffed me and drove us away and continued beating me. They threatened to kill me if I refused to open it. I asked them to take me to a police station but they refused. So instead of me to die I obeyed them. Immediately they accessed my phone, they went to my messages log and saw a N10m bank alert. Immediately they saw the alert, they shouted ” na dem’.

“At that point the beating increased. They said that if I don’t give them N3million, they will kill all of us. Out of fear I started negotiating with them and at end of the day I transferred N3m to them to the two bank accounts they provided, to which they agreed. They later drove with us and stopped us at Ahoda in Rivers State and then drove back.

“See, I have printed my account statements from my banks and these are the account details they provided which I transferred the money to. I transferred N2m to one Yusuf Mustafa of Moniepoint Microfinance Bank and also transferred N1m to one Jerry Ventures of Moniepoint Microfinance Bank with the account number 8179664512.

“I have consulted a lawyer and he has written to the Police Public Relations Officer in Bayelsa State.

“All I want is for the money extorted to be returned to me and that the IGP fish them out because those policemen are giving the Nigeria police force a bad image. I believe with these account details they can be fished out.

“Please, help me get justice. I want my money returned to me because it is for my project. I want justice. Let the policemen who did this to me be identified so that other Nigerians won’t become their victims.

“I don’t know if it is a crime for somebody to come back to his country. I don’t do any illicit business. I am a law-abiding citizen of this country. I want justice. Let the Inspector General of Police fish them out because they said they are from the IG squad,” Isaac narrated.