.PoliceNG Injustice And Corruption In Lagos During COVID-19 Lockdown By Henry Ukaro | Sahara Reporters This operations happens daily in Nigeria and I believe the DPO of Ejigbo Police Station as well as her officers should be counting in... READ MORE:
I write to inform you how the Police Force in Nigeria has used the curfew as an avenue for extortion and enriching their coffers.
First issue I had was how some people were beaten up by the police. This may not seem out of place as they will say that they are doing their jobs. We were moved inside the police cells. We all know how little these cells are. In the morning, we were informed that they DPO will be in around 9am. At some point, some people were allowed to call their folks to inform them where they were. Those that managed to visit the station earlier started negotiating price for the release of their people. This is the third issue I had about this whole process. In the morning, police took a count of 32 people in the cell. Just do the maths when the least person was asked to pay 15,000 naira .
When it seems as though people were not complying, the police informed us that they were preparing the schedule to move everyone there to Kpanti . This caused a wave of panic in the cell. I tried to calm people down to call in their bluffs. But then, the threat got to a few and they quickly made plans for payment of their 10,000 naira. This is the fifth issue I had.
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