Isaac Kelechi confirmed on Friday night that police authorities have returned the N3 million that some officers extorted from him in Bayelsa State, south-south Nigeria. According to Premium Times, Mr. Isaac said on Friday night that he has now collected the money. “They have given me the money today. (I am) just coming in from
By Pascal Ibe Isaac Liberty Kelechi, a man who was extorted N3m by policemen in Bayelsa, has revealed that Nigerian police authorities have now asked him to come to Abuja and get his money back. In an interview in Owerri on Thursday, Isaac said the Force headquarters told him to come to Abuja on Monday
Policemen involved in the case of extortion of N3m from Comrade Liberty Kelechi in Bayelsa State on his way to Imo State with two of his friends have been arrested. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who revealed this, said the men are attached to zone 16 command in Yenagoa. Adejobi said the
The Anambra state government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare has arrested one Esther Obidigwe, and her two children, Ozioma Obidigwe, and Obuka Obidigwe for beating up their father. The arrest was done after the 75-year-old victim, Romanus reported to the ministry. Sharing his experience with his family at the office of the
. Isaac Bristol, the alleged founder of PIDOM Nigeria, has been denied bail by Justice Emeka Nwite during his arraignment on Tuesday, FIJ is reporting. Earlier, police officers took Bristol from the custody of the Federal Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCID). He is facing nine charges, including money laundering and destruction of evidence. The
ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, the police spokesperson in Nigeria said that the policemen who extorted over N3m from Liberty Isaac in Bayelsa have been identified. Last week, a Ghana based Nigerian, Liberty Kelechi Isaac, has urged the inspector General of Police to fish out some policemen who extorted N3m from him on a gunpoint on Monday.
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria, through its Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ) hub has decried the remand of a Kano-based journalist, Mr. Muktar Dahiru, of Pyramid FM in prison. Dahiru was arrested, detained, expeditiously and abysmally charged to court and unfortunately confined behind bars for sharing ‘supposed contents’, assumed offensive by the the
A Ghana based Nigerian, Liberty Kelechi Isaac, has urged the inspector General of Police to fish out some policemen who extorted N3m from him on a gunpoint on Monday. Isaac who hails from Nguru Nworie autonomous community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state who spoke to journalists in Owerri on Friday said
Isaac Bristol, the detained individual alleged by Nigerian police to be behind the anonymous X whistleblower handle PIDOMNigeria, is in a critical condition. His health has steadily deteriorated since his abduction by the Nigeria Police Force on August 5 and subsequent torture in solitary confinement. An anonymous source within the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID)
Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested an investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka. Soyinka, who is the Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa, was arrested at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sunday. According to Punch, one of his friends stated that Soyinka was picked up shortly after arriving from the United