Nigeria, Feb. 21 -- A human rights activist in Delta State, Harrison Gwamnishu, has accused police officers of extorting N3,150,000 from a Nigerian in Auchi, Edo State.

Mr Gwamnishu, who made the allegation in a post via his X handle on Sunday, said the officers searched the victim's phone and saw the balance on his bank app.

He also alleged that the officers "tortured and threatened" the victim after taking him to his house and found nothing incriminating.

"After driving him around Auchi, they headed to Abuja with the threat that the victim would never return till he decided to cooperate with them. They finally took him to Area Command Auchi and then to a POS agent where they made him transfer N3,000,000 and another N150,000 as POS ch...