 The Nigerian Senate has condemned the continuous extortion and harassment of motorists and commuters by officers of the Nigerian police on the highways. The upper chamber also called the Acting Inspector General of Police Kaya Uday Gbetokon to direct personnel of the force to stop the extortion and harassment of motorists and commuters flying the highways in the pretense of conducting stop and search. This was sequeled to a motion moved by Senator Onyeka Chippita, APC Eboni North at the plenary session on Wednesday. A movement on highways, roads and streets opened to the public. Further notes that session 49 sub 1 of the Police Act 2020 as amended empowers the police to conduct stop and search while sub sections 2 empowers them to search and detain any person or vehicle where reasonable grounds for suspicion exist. Observe that Nigerian police force which has one of its primary duty to facilitate the free passage and movement of commuters and motorists on public roads has taken on due advantage by resorting to extortion, intimidation and harassment of motorists and worried that the continuous intimidation, harassment, torture and torture that ordinary Nigerians pass through in the hands of these security agencies, especially Niger police force. Other senators who contributed to the motion were Ishakwa Bo, David Jim Kuta and the Deputy Senate President Varao. In his remark, President of the Senate Gatsue La Pabio urged the police boss to set up a committee to investigate the accusations of extortion, harassment and killing against the officers. What I saw in the social media where a human being was handcuffed and a vehicle passed or drove on that person is highly inhuman and this Senate the highest assembly in this country must get rid of that matter. We should not leave it to be investigated by the police. We must investigate. We can allow this kind of thing to continue. Those who have hands, the man who drove that vehicle and those who were around, we must get them and we must investigate this matter. And besides that, we should call on the IG, the extortion going on on our highway should stop. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.