2 weeks Ago By Steve Uzoechi
Mr Liberty Kelechi Isaac, who is based in Ghana, has called on the inspector General of Police to track down some policemen who extorted N3 million from him at gunpoint last Monday. Isaac, who hails from Nguru Nworie autonomous community in Aboh Mbaise Council Area of Imo State, told journalists in Owerri, that the said police team accosted him and two of his friends on Monday at Udi axis in Bayelsa State and forced him at gunpoint to transfer N3 million to them after manhandling him and threatening to kill him. Isaac said he was in the country to attend a friend’s marriage ceremony in Bayelsa.
According to him, the policemen forced him to unlock his phone and on seeing a N10 million credit alert they started beating him and threatened to kill him if he failed to transfer N6 million to them. 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 Nigeria to attend a friend’s traditional wedding in Bayelsa State.
“After attending the traditional wedding we were driving back to Imo state and around the 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 IGP asked Nigerians not to allow policemen on the road to access their phones. Immediately I said that, they started beating me..
