Nigeria, April 3 -- Police officers in Anambra State have refunded N1.4 million, which they allegedly extorted from four Nigerians.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that a human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, raised an alarm to police authorities over the officers' alleged 'abduction,' torture and extortion of the victims in the South-eastern state.

Mr Gwamnishu, in a post on his X handle on Sunday, had said that the officers who allegedly extorted the victim included the Officer-in-Charge and some operatives of the Anti-Cultism Unit of the police in Enugu-Ukwu, a community in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.

The activist initially said the operatives extorted a total of N1,119,000 from the victims. He did not initially ...