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Man Recounts How A Drunk Lagos Police Man Arrested And Demanded N300,000 From Him
A twitter user identified as @Mobenjaminmusic has alledged that a drunk police officer arrested him, collected his phone and asked him to pay the sum of N300,000 to free himself. He stated this on his Twitter handle.
Benjamin noted that the incident happened on July 1, 2020 at exactly 9:58pm when he was heading home.
He said the police man made all the people he was with, to stand out without face masks for a while.
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Benjamin explained that he had never been scared in his life until that moment when they seized his car key, phone and demanded three hundred thousand naira.
In a series of tweets, the man questioned the state of the country’s security agencies, and alledged that the authorities are misusing power and it has to stop.
@Mobenjaminmusic narrated, ”So the police stopped me last night at 9:58pm and I was literally just 2 mins away from my house. The madness started. They seized my phone, harassed everyone they stopped, asked for 300k payment, made us stand out for 1 hour without our face masks. These guys were ruthless….
”They were drunk and high, you could see it in their eyes and they weren’t ready to reason with anyone. They treatened some women there and took them to the back of some bus. I don’t think I’ve ever feared for my life like this. Some how I got a lady’s phone and called my dad.
”My dad wanted to talk to their commander but he didn’t want to listen. They noticed I drive a federal government number car so they kept asking me for more money, I told them I only had 10k but they didn’t want to hear that. My father called his friend to come and meet me.
”Eventually he pulled them to the side, paid some money and they gave me back my phone, car keys and left. My parents called the lady’s phone a few hours later and they were still with the police. My uncle tried to help others but they weren’t having it.
”I’m just here thinking of all the people who have been stopped, harrassed, raped, beaten by these law enforcement because they didn’t have an uncle or father to come save them. This needs to stop!! We need to hold them accountable. They can’t keep on misusing their power.
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