Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The police in Imo State, South-east Nigeria, have launched an investigation into alleged extortion and assault of a couple by police operatives in the state.

The police spokesperson in Imo, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

A social media user, Jennifer Kingsley, last week, uploaded a video clip on TikTok.

In the clip, Mrs Kingsley claimed that on 20 February, while on her way to pick up her child from school, she and her husband were assaulted by some yet-to-be-identified police officers on patrol in Amakohia, Owerri.

She added that during the assault, the operatives allegedly extorted N150,000 from her.

Reacting, Mr Okoye, a deputy superintendent of police, said the Police Command in the stat...