Over ₦80million allegedly extorted by the Anti-Cyber Crime Unit attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Rivers State Police Command, including other valuable items have been returned to its owner, Davidson John Atubi, who is the Chairman of a pipeline surveillance facility.
Other items that were returned alongside the money were two plasma televisions, gold worth over N5 million and a standing fan.
Information available to Africa Update revealed that the valuables were handed over to a rights activist, Israel Joe and his team last Friday.
Israel Joe said, “an equivalent of almost N89 million, two plasma television sets, gold worth over N5 million and a standing fan carted away from the victim’s house was handed over to my team, the victim and I, on Friday 22nd December 2023 which was confirmed and released early hours of today (December 27).
“We had gone severally to Port Harcourt and Abuja in search of the truth and justice that has been delivered to us.
“The IPO Emmanuel Eteng and his group that perpetuated the crime are being disciplined by the police to have lied with the name of the IGP and other top officers to extort.
“We expressed gratitude to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun and his team for his sagacious move of justice as well as cleanup of the Rivers State Police Command.”
