Delta Police Detain Officers For Extorting Medical Doctor

Delta Police Detain Officers For Extorting Medical Doctor

A team of policemen that were alleged to have forcefully extorted a medical doctor, Henry Nneji have been identified and detained by the State Police Command.

The officers were said to have stopped Dr. Nneji at Idumukpoko Junction at Delta State while he was on his way to Onitsha from Edo State, ransacked his vehicle and found his prescription drugs, which they claimed to be controlled drugs, handcuffed him and asked that he pay the sum of hundred thousand naira to be set free.

Efforts by the victim to call the State’s Resident Doctors’ Association executives failed as his phones were seized and the leader of the police team was allegedly threatened him before he parted with firing thousand naira.

““I’ve never had a cause to talk so bitterly against the Nigerian police but for today.

“I’m a medical doctor travelling from Edo state to onitsha, I was stopped by this group of Nigerian police, got my baggage searched and they saw some medicines I’m currently on. Funny enough I Was the one who innocently opened the drug pocket to them. Police immediately tagged my medicines as controlled drugs and requested I paid 100k to bail myself.

“I tried calling my consultants and our resident doctors association but had my phone seized.

“We were in the middle of no where, they brought out handcuffs and brought the threat game on. The head of the “gang” said nobody was coming to save me from here. These guys finally made away with my money 50,000.00 cash.”

In his response to the incident on Twitter on Sunday afternoon, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe said the officers in question have been identified, summoned and detained by the State Command for further actions, describing their action as unacceptable.

Edafe hinted that orderly room trial has commenced on the individual officers, promising to update Nigerians of developments on the case.

“The team has been identified, summoned and detained at the State Police headquarters. The complainant has reach out to me.

“Their actions is completely unacceptable, on completion of their orderly room trial, I will update us all. Thanks for drawing my attention to this,” he said.