The Rivers Civil Society Organizations (RIVCSO), have called on the Rivers State Police Command, to arrest and prosecute one of its officers attached to the E- Crack unit of the force, accused of extorting the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand from a student of of the University of Port Harcourt.
Chairman of the RIVCSO, Enefaa Georgewill made this known in a statement on Friday.
The Organization urged the Commissioner of Police to properly investigate the matter and ensure Justice is served.
The statement reads:
On the 18th Of February,2021, RIVCSO received complaints from one Mr. Victor that members of the E-Crack( The Commissioner Of Police tactical unit in Rivers State)extorted the sum of a hundred and fifty thousand naira from him and his friend on Tuesday breaking Wednesday,16th and 17th march,2021, within the hours of 11pm to 2am.”
According to Victor, he gave #120,000 cash to the officers and transferred #30,000 to an FCMB account number- provided by one of the Police officers. Victor said the Officers allowed him to go after they collected the money from him. Unfortunately for the Officers, one of them forgot his phone in Victor’s car. He said he checked the call log of the phone and saw names with Sergeant & Inspector to confirm the phone belong to the Officer. He switched off the phone and called his elder brother who advised him to contact the Rivers Civil Society Organisations.
As a responsible organization, we advised Victor to gather all his evidence. Upon receipt of all the evidence like the Phone,bank statement and the account the money was tranaferred to, RIVCSO inform the press and joined Victor to make official complaint at the Police headquarters. We met the PPRO of the command and Victor and his friend made official written statement at the Police headquarters.
For us as a CSO coalition in the State, it is our view that the facts speak for itself. We therefore call on the Commissioner of Police,Rivers State Command to match words with action. His maiden press briefing in the State where he declared he has zero tolerance for human right abuses is still fresh in our mind. The CP should match words with action.
