From: Ahmad SAKA, Bauchi
A business man car repairer, Alhaji Abba labaran Kwalbet has accused men of the Nigeria Police Force NPF Police tactical squad for allegedly unlawfully arresting, detaining and extortion of money to the tune of over two million naira from him forcefully.
Counsel to the Victim Barrister Hassan Saraki demand for justice wrote a petition to the Inspector General of Police over the incident Abba, alleged that the suspected policemen collected N500,000 from him for his bail and they withdrew 1,500,000 using his ATM without his permission after forcing him to tell them his ATM Pin.
He said they also collected additional N150,000 from him apart from the initial N190, 000 they removed from his pocket immediately after he was arrested.
Narrating his ordeal today sunday in Bauchi the victim Abba told reporters that on may 27, 2024, around 12 noon pm, some policemen came to his shop at Yankari Workshop Bauchi arrested him and took him to Bauchi State Police Command.
The commissioner of Police however said they will not accept him until they came with a permission from Police Headquarters that they came to Bauchi to carry out investigation.
According to him, while on their way, the policemen told him that a suspect who stole three vehicles belonging to the Inspector General of Police who was arrsted had mentioned him as a person who bought the stolen vehicles and cut them to pieces.
“When we got to the station, they locked me and later tied my leg on the mango three, my head was down and beat me severally that I must accept the fact that I am the one who bought the three stolen vehicles."
"As I refused to accept and demanded to see the suspect that menfioned my name, they said the suspect is in Abuja and if they take me to Abuja they will kill me," he added.
“They said that now they pity me but I must asked my family to bring N500,000 to them cash to secure my bail and I must pay the small one among the three stolen vehicle amounting to N1,500,000 in addition to 150,000 legal fees."
He added that, "Having collected my ATM card, they forced me to tell them the pin they withdrew N1,500,000."
“After they collected all these, they refused to release my wrist watch and the valuable rings they removed from my hand and sai they were exhibits."
Lawyer to the victim, Barrister Hassan Saraki said they had already written a petition to the Inspector General of Police and their petition was received and thanked the Bauchi State Police Commissioner Awwal Musa Mohammed for the fatherly role he played which led to the easy identification of the policemen that beat the victim.
He urged the Inspector General of Police that they expect Justice from him, failure of which they will be left with no option but to seek for redress in court but for now they are waiting for the outcome of the police investigation.
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