{"id":14880,"date":"2024-11-07T09:08:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T09:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.news.naijatraffic.ng\/?p=14880"},"modified":"2024-11-07T09:08:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T09:08:17","slug":"nigerian-police-force-arrests-officer-for-extortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/nigerian-police-force-arrests-officer-for-extortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Police Force arrests officer for extortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports have it that a Nigerian Police Force\u2019s Zone 16 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has arrested an officer accused of forcefully collecting the sum of N10 million from a victim.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, zone 16 spokesperson, SP Gunn Ewhoborwo Emonema, stated that this incident happened on September 17, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He said,<em> \u201cThe new AIG for the zone, Adebola Ayinde Hamzat, ordered a swift investigation upon assuming office on October 21, leading to the recovery and return of the full amount on November 5.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHamzat, known for his integrity and commitment to eradicating corruption, personally oversaw the restitution of funds. The officers implicated have been in custody since October 30, facing disciplinary proceedings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe AIG has reiterated his zero-tolerance stance on corruption and misconduct, aligning with IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun\u2019s directive for accountability across the force.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports have it that a Nigerian Police Force\u2019s Zone 16 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has arrested an officer accused of forcefully collecting the sum of N10 million from a victim. In a statement, zone 16 spokesperson, SP Gunn Ewhoborwo Emonema, stated that this incident happened on September 17, 2024. He said, \u201cThe new AIG for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[1137,1135,1136],"class_list":["post-14880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local","tag-bayelsa-state","tag-nigerian-police-forces-zone-16","tag-yenagoa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}