Police Officers, POS Operator Arrested For Extorting UAE Returnee

Some Police Officers and a point of sale (POS) operator are
cooling their heads behind the bars following an extortion of a
United Arab Emirates (UAE) returnee.

The incident, which occurred on Thursday at Festac area of
Lagos, saw the guy parting with N200,000 after a series of
harassments from the officers.

The guy’s predicament was made public by one Rinu Oduala on her
twitter handle @SavvyRinu.

According to her, the guy “took an Uber from the airport to
Festac and bumped into Nigerian police officers who profiled,
unlawfully searched his phone, harassed and dragged him to their
station. They forced him to write false statements without his
lawyer, then proceeded to ask him to give them N5,000,000. He ended
up paying N200,000 to end the mess.”

She lamented that the “young Nigerian came back after years of
being away and his first night in the country was filled with
nightmares. This happened at Area E, Festac Command.

She made the tweet around 10:46pm on Thursday.In her update on
Friday, Oduala said the guy has collected his money back from the
police.She thanked @segalink and ACP Ishaku, Muawiyah Halilu and
Femi Iwasokun for their involvement

The victim identified himself with his picture and the money
recovered through his twitter handle @iamoddone.He said the
officers demanded a sum of N15 million but ended giving them
N200,000.

He wrote: “I was actually the victim of this harassment
yesterday (Thursday) by a group of policemen who forcefully
harassed me, took my phones out from my bag, and took me to the
police station in Area E Festac Town.

“My money has been recovered and handed over to me. The
policemen have been locked up; the POS agent was also locked up. I
believe there are still good people in the Nigerian police
force.

I also thank the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Festac
police station Iwansonkun Femi.”

Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, a
Superintendent (SP), confirmed the incident, saying the officers
are being interrogated.

Some Police Officers and a point of sale (POS) operator are
cooling their heads behind the bars following an extortion of a
United Arab Emirates (UAE) returnee.

The incident, which occurred on Thursday at Festac area of
Lagos, saw the guy parting with N200,000 after a series of
harassments from the officers.

The guy’s predicament was made public by one Rinu Oduala on her
twitter handle @SavvyRinu.

According to her, the guy “took an Uber from the airport to
Festac and bumped into Nigerian police officers who profiled,
unlawfully searched his phone, harassed and dragged him to their
station. They forced him to write false statements without his
lawyer, then proceeded to ask him to give them N5,000,000. He ended
up paying N200,000 to end the mess.”

She lamented that the “young Nigerian came back after years of
being away and his first night in the country was filled with
nightmares. This happened at Area E, Festac Command.

She made the tweet around 10:46pm on Thursday.In her update on
Friday, Oduala said the guy has collected his money back from the
police.She thanked @segalink and ACP Ishaku, Muawiyah Halilu and
Femi Iwasokun for their involvement

The victim identified himself with his picture and the money
recovered through his twitter handle @iamoddone.He said the
officers demanded a sum of N15 million but ended giving them
N200,000.

He wrote: “I was actually the victim of this harassment
yesterday (Thursday) by a group of policemen who forcefully
harassed me, took my phones out from my bag, and took me to the
police station in Area E Festac Town.

“My money has been recovered and handed over to me. The
policemen have been locked up; the POS agent was also locked up. I
believe there are still good people in the Nigerian police
force.

I also thank the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Festac
police station Iwansonkun Femi.”

Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, a
Superintendent (SP), confirmed the incident, saying the officers
are being interrogated.