Nigeria, Feb. 19 -- A human rights activist in Delta State, Harrison Gwamnishu, has accused a police chief in the state of taking part in the sharing of N2,465,000 allegedly extorted from a Nigerian by a police officer in the state.

Fabian Ayameh, a superintendent of police and divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Abraka, is accused of benefiting to the tune of N950,000 from the extorted money.

The extortion was allegedly carried out by Ishaku Attah, a divisional crime officer (DCO) in the division.

Mr Gwamnishu had in a post on X drawn the attention of the police authorities to the alleged extortion by Mr Attah, which the police investigated, recovered the money and returned it to the victim.

The Commissioner of Police in the...