The Lagos State Police Command has summoned six policemen to its headquarters in Ikeja over alleged extortion of N100,000 from a member of the public.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday.
“Six policemen are involved in the matter. They have been summoned to the headquarters in Ikeja for interrogation. The money involved has been collected back for the owner,” he said.
On Thursday, a man simply identified as Oluwagbadura, on his Twitter handle, alleged that some policemen abused and extorted him for no just course. He therefore cried for justice.
“The Nigerian Police force today (6th of October, 2022) at 15:44 escorted me to a POS and withdrew 100k of my hard earned money. I NEED HELP!
“At around 13:45 the Nigerian police stopped me at Soliki Aguda, Lagos, and conducted the usual search.
“After NOT finding anything on me they proceeded to seize my phone and company laptop and tagged me a yahoo boy. My crime, they said, is that I do not have an ID card as a freelancer.
“They searched my phone. They called me a criminal for chatting with my friends on WhatsApp. They threatened to shoot and lock me up!
“Next, they took me to their station, just few meters away, then forced me to admit to being a criminal. I refused.
“They then asked me to write a statement and at the end I signed papers to bail myself. I transferred 100 000 to the POS vendor, and then paid 2000 naira for charges.
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“There were 6 officers. Names of the officers I could get ⁃AbdulKareem Sulaiman ⁃Ojo ozeigbe – this man threatened to deal with me in cell and nothing will happen.
“The rest were in mufti including the one who acted as their lead. All of these things happened at the Police divisional headquarters, soliki aguda. I need Justice and my money back, please,” he lamented.
Few hours after the complaints was twitted, Oluwagbadura tweeted again to thank all that helped to broadcast his complaints.
“Update: First, thanks to everyone who contributed a tweet. I got my money back completely. “Special thanks to @SavvyRinu, @BenHundeyin (the spokesman for police in Lagos), @segalink and the DPO, who was pretty nice,” he said.
See tweet here: @ojogbadura
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