By Wale Rayners /LAGOS// In what is emerging as one of the most brazen displays of institutionalized banditry in modern Nigerian history, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and its INTERPOL Liaison office stand accused of transforming from a law enforcement agency into a hardened rogue enterprise.
At the center of this scandal is the high-stakes disappearance of N82,000,000 belonging to a diaspora-based citizen, orchestrated through the abduction and psychological torture of a 73-year-old elder statesman.
*The Anatomy of a State-Sponsored Fraud*
The nightmare for the Irabor brothers—Felix, an honest businessman based in Benin City, and Carry, a hardworking Nigerian resident in the United Kingdom—reveals a terrifying synergy between rogue police elements and spies within the banking industry.
Evidence suggests a sophisticated spy-and-fleece operation where banking insiders identify high-balance accounts, passing the data to police units who then manufacture phantom petitions to justify the freezing and subsequent looting of funds.
*The 73-Year-Old Hostage*
On January 15, 2025, the NPF deployed its terror tactics against 73-year-old Felix Irabor. Arrested at a First Bank branch in New Benin under the guise of a “blocked account” investigation, the elder Irabor was treated like a common criminal.
He was held for 24 hours in Benin before being extradited to the notorious Alagbon Close in Ikoyi, Lagos, where he was held for five grueling days.
The motive was never justice; it was ransom.
Using a dubious complaint from a “Mr. John Ogbwu in England”—whom the Irabors have never met—police investigators coerced Felix into transferring N82,000,000 (Eighty Two Million Naira) from the corporate account of Drejet Nigeria Limited at Zenith Bank.
The brazen rubbers in uniforms were never weary of the facts that Elder Felix Irabor is not signatory to the Drejet Nigeria Limited account with the Zenith Bank, even though they saw that his names and photograph were not link to the said company’s account.
”They took my phone and turned it off. I was not allowed to call anyone. Two policemen followed me into Zenith Bank in Victoria Island and demanded I must transfer the money into an NPF CID Alagbon account. I realized they could harm me if I refused,” Felix Irabor recounted in a heartbreaking testimony.
*The Smoking Gun: Pre-Dated Deception*
The level of criminal unprofessionalism is laid bare by the timeline of the “investigation.” Documents obtained by our correspondent reveal a staggering anomaly. On January 29, 2025, the N82 million was forcibly transferred to a private POS account under the guise of an “NPF Recovery Account.”
Belatedly, on February 26, 2025, a disingenuous official invitation was issued to Carry Irabor in the UK—nearly a month after the money had already been stolen.
This discrepancy proves the invitation was a legal afterthought designed to provide a veneer of legality to a daylight robbery.
*A Test for the New Guard*
Despite a detailed petition dated December 22, 2025, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has maintained a disturbing silence.
Furthermore, insider sources reveal that the police hierarchy has allegedly closed the case file and released the officers involved without a single kobo being refunded to the victims.
The stolen funds, which the rogue officers claimed were headed to an official recovery account, were reportedly diverted to a private POS-linked account—a hallmark of modern police extortion.
*The Ultimatum*
The integrity of the Nigeria Police Force now hangs by a thread. The newly appointed Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, faces a defining moment: Will he purge the “Interpol Enterprise” of these criminal elements, or will his silence confirm that the NPF has officially become a syndicate for fleecing the citizens it is sworn to protect?
The international community, including INTERPOL HQ in Lyon, is watching. If the N82,000,000 is not refunded and the uniformed looters are not prosecuted, the message to every Nigerian in the diaspora is clear: Your life savings are not safe in a Nigerian bank as long as the police have the “authority” to steal.
The police officers involved in the criminal extortion and illegal transfer from Drejet Nigeria Limited account with the Zenith Bank Nigeria Plc are: Madam Augustina Ogbdo AIG, retired, Mr. Alhum, the of the IPO case who an Inspector of police, with phone number +234 814 649 3709, Mr. Jethro, senior Interpol officer with phone number +234 802 310 2218, and Inspector all at Alagbon, Ikoyi Lagos.
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