One Mr Ikechukwu Okolie, who accused Awgu Divisional Police Officer CSP Benjamin Ugwui and one SP Kelvin Ugwu of illegally detaining and extorting him of N91,000 had been arrested and charged with attempted murder by the same officers and remanded in prison. SaharaReporters had reported that Okolie accused the Enugu Police Divisional Officer of extorting him for daring to seek justice against an operator of a Point of Sale (POS) machine whom his station failed to investigate over alleged N300,000 theft.
One Mr Ikechukwu Okolie, who accused Awgu Divisional Police Officer CSP Benjamin Ugwui and one SP Kelvin Ugwu of illegally detaining and extorting him of N91,000 had been arrested and charged with attempted murder by the same officers and remanded in prison. SaharaReporters had reported that Okolie accused the Enugu Police Divisional Officer of extorting him for daring to seek justice against an operator of a Point of Sale (POS) machine whom his station failed to investigate over alleged N300,000 theft.
The Divisional Police Officer of Awgu Police Division of the Enugu Command of Nigerian Police Force, Mr Patrick Eneta, and his divisional crime officer, Kelvin Ugwu, are allegedly searching for a human rights activist, Charles Arukwe, to arrest him for accusing them of extortion in a petition to the state Commissioner of Police. SaharaReporters reported on Monday that one Mr Ikechukwu Okolie, a native of the Awgu local government area had accused the Awgu Divisional Police Officer and the Divisional Crime Officer of illegally detaining him and extorting N91,000 from him.
Mr Ikechukwu Okolie, a native of Awgu local government area has accused the Awgu Divisional Police Officer and Divisional Crime Officer, SP Kelvin Ugwu of illegally detaining and extorting him of N91,000. Okolie said he was extorted after reporting to the police that a Point of Sale (POS) operator, one Sunday aka Full Bar, fraudulently debited N300,000 from his account without his authorisation.
An Assistant Superintendent of Police in Nigeria, Oke Vincent, has been accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl at the police station. Vincent is serving at the Awgu Division of Enugu Command of the Nigerian Police Force. The police officer was also accused of extorting N114,000 from the family. The father of the victim, Mr. Godwin Utobo, who disclosed this in a petition to the state Commissioner of Police, which SaharaReporters obtained on Friday, said the assault happened on March 18, 2022.