Beer parlour operators in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State have called on the Commissioner of Police, CP Kabir Hassan, to investigate alleged extortion and intimidation by the Divisional Police Officer of Girei, SP Aliyu Adamu.
The operators made the demand during a protest in Sengere on Thursday, alleging that police officers under the Girei Division had shut down their businesses and demanded large sums of money from them.
Some of the operators accused the DPO of closing their shops and compelling them to pay between N40,000 and N100,000 or more without clearly stating the offences they had committed.
One of the operators, Mrs Agnes Paul, told Arewa Punch that she was summoned to the Girei Police Station through a phone call.
According to her, upon her arrival, the DPO told her that she was required to pay N40,000 for operating a beer parlour.
