The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Tuesday said after two years of setting up Police Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU), it recovered N11.1 million of extorted money and sanctioned 81 of its officers for various offences.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the PCRRU received 7,216 complaints and resolved 5,927 of them. 560 false complaints were received by the PCRRU.
According to the NPF, the N11.1 million recovered by the PCRRU was returned back to owners, and the PCRRU also recovered USD800 that was returned to owners.
While 10 Police officers were dismissed from service, a total number of 81 offers were sanctioned, 4 officers reduced in rank, one officer got severe reprimand, 2 officers got suspension and 64 officers were awarded other punishments.
According to the NPF, from 13th November 2015 to 13th November 2018 the PCRRU was set up, the unit received 278 distress calls, had 1,820 cases requesting money for bail, 328 cases of benefit/next of kin, and 729 total pending cases.
The PCRRU said it received 87,600 total incoming phone calls, with 5,175 registered and/or processed as complaints. Also, the PCRRU received 4,207 emails and processed 370 as complaints.
State commands with the highest complaints are Lagos, Rivers, and the FCT; state commands with lowest complaints are Sokoto, Yobe and Kebbi, according ot the PCRRU.
“Data are from only cases reported and processed by the PCRRU,” the Police stated.