Nigeria, March 11 -- The Police Service Commission has suspended two senior officers for allegedly extorting $3, 000 from two Nigerians in Rivers State, South-south Nigeria.

The commission has also stopped the salaries of the officers, Doubara Edonyabo and Talent Mungo, both assistant superintendents of police.

Grace Iringe-Koko, the police spokesperson in Rivers State, disclosed this in a statement posted on Facebook on Sunday.

Their suspension, which took effect on 29 February, came less than a month after the third officer involved in the alleged offence, Michael Odey, an inspector, was dismissed from the service.

Human rights activist Harrison Gwamnishu in January drew the attention of the police authorities to the alleged extorti...