Police arrest officers who ‘extorted’ N1m from corps members under duress

The Police Command in Lagos State has summoned four policemen to explain their roles in the alleged extortion of N1 million from some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

An X user, @YemieFash, shared the encounter on Thursday.

According to the post, the officers threatened the corps members before taking them to where they were “robbed.”

The netizen said alleged that failure of one of the corps members to submit a hard copy of his driver’s license sparked the extortion.

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“Your officers today in Surulere extorted 1 million naira from 3 corps members. They were threatened with firearms, kidnapped, and taken to the KAFARU OLUWOLE TINUBU HOUSE AREA C POLICE COMMAND of the @LagosPoliceNG where they were robbed.

“Their offense was the absence of a physical copy of a driver’s license. This is evil!,” the post read.

Some videos were also shared alongside the post.

“What about your driver’s license?” one of the officers asked the driver in one of the clips.

The motorist replied: “I’m renewing it.”

The officer then demanded the renewal paperwork, which the driver could not provide in hard copy.

Following this, a man dressed in plain clothing was seen removing the vehicle’s number plate, sparking an argument.

Giving an update on Friday, Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesperson for the state command, said the officers had been summoned.

He added that their trial has begun.

“The men have been summoned and their trial has commenced. We urge the complainants to visit the Complaint Response Unit at the State Headquarters to testify at the ongoing trial,” Hundeyin wrote on X.