Nigeria Police has commenced investigations into the alleged professional misconduct, abuse of office and extortion of Twenty-Two Million Naira worth of Bitcoin from some citizens in Lagos State.

The allegation was levelled against a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nwawe Cordelia and others, serving at the Force Criminal Investigations Department, Alagbon, Lagos.

The investigations follows the setting up of a Special Investigation Panel by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to carryout a discreet and transparent investigation into the allegation.

This development, according to Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police become imperative following the report making the rounds in the media alleging the involvement of the officers in the extortion of Twenty-Two Million Naira worth of Bitcoin from two young Nigerians, Morakinyo Tobiloba Peter and Yusuf Samson Dayo at gunpoint on July 14, 2021 while driving along the Ikoyi/Ajah Expressway, Lagos State.

Consequently, DSP Cordelia and the other Police personnel allegedly indicted in the report, have been ordered to report to the Special Investigation Panel, Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Tuesday to answer to the allegations against them.

The Special Investigation Panel is headed by DCP Olaolu Adegbite, of the Force Intelligence Bureau.

The Force advices any of the public who has had similar experiences of high-handedness or extortion by the officers in question, her team or any other officer at the FCID Alagbon to come forward with detailed information to enable the panel achieve a wholistic investigation.

Meanwhile, it is vital to state that the alleged actions of the Police Officers in question do not represent the standards and practices of the Nigeria Police Force and as such any officer found wanting will be visited with the full wrath of the law.

The public are enjoined to remain calm as the Force will provide timely updates and make the outcome of the investigation public.