Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Independent Corrupt Practises and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has arrested 26 officials of the Federal Road Safety Commmision (FRSC), for alleged extortion.
In a statement by the, Spokesperson to the anti-graft agency, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, states that they were arrested because they usually extort money from road users across the highways in Nigeria after the FRSC lodged complaints.
The statement read that “Other agencies were involved in the operation tagged, Operation Tranquility. They include the FRSC and the Department of State Security. The part of the operation in Owerri, Imo State, also led to the arrest of a man, who was alleged to be the custodian of the proceeds of extortion.
“The operation, which is the second one in three months since the beginning of 2019, was also conducted simultaneously across four states of the federation between October 2 and 5, 2019 following the receipt of a complaint from the management of the FRSC of extortion activities by some members of its patrol teams nationwide”.
The breakdown of the arrest has revealed that four officials were arrested in Patiskam, Yobe state, nine officials and a civilian arrested in Owerri the Imo state capital, five in Ore, Ondo state, eight officials arrested in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State.
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