In Enugu State, a group of police officers were caught extorting money from a young man after calling him a “yahoo boy.”
It was learned that the incident happened in the state’s Ogbede area on Thursday, June 13, 2024.
Speaking, the victim described what happened as follows:
“The car I entered was stopped by the police. They told me and one other guy to come down, then asked the driver to go.
The one that was interrogating me said that I should say the truth, that he knows that l’m a yahoo boy and that me and him will come to an agreement. I declined to claim something that I am not. They will take me to the station, he said, since I do not want to admit that I am a yahoo boy.
An elderly policeman came and told me that I should just find them something, that the country is hard and they’re hungry. I said that I will give them N5k. The one that seized my phone said no. He called another policeman who told me to give them N30k. That if they carry me to the station, that I might spend up to N200k.
I told them I want to do transfer, they refused and they took me to POS stand, while the other guy was told to enter their vehicle, that they will take him to the station. I told them that l’m not with my card. That they should give me one of my phones to do bank transfer to the POS. This is a wise move, of course, so I can record some videos with my phone that I can use as proof.
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See netizens reaction to the incident:
marley_maine Their checkpoints are always close to POS stands. Never available when you need them but always ready to extort
you. E ku ise o!
vchiemeriexed These olopas be doing the most
official_mr_smart1 He say give me dat ur fone
casseohair It is well
sola_fumi Police ur friend,where ?.my mum’s maid ran away with my mum’s belongings,we went to panti to report and we were
asked to bring #200k before they can statement and 400k to
track her phone.. Imagine,from a woman of 79yrs.
theperfectgiftg Th! eves in uniform
How sure are you he is one? Even if he is, must you ex tort?
Published by Ejoh Caleb
