- He described being driven to an unknown location, passing through several dense and remote areas
A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has shared a harrowing experience where police officers in Kwara State arrested him without disclosing his alleged offense.
He was then coerced into withdrawing N600,000 for the officers under duress.
According to his account on social media platform X, he was ‘kidnapped’ by the police in Ajase, Irepodun Local Government Area, on Sunday.
He described being driven to an unknown location, passing through several dense and remote areas, without being informed of the reason for his arrest or destination.
“No single human being would have heard my cry. They told me to open all my bank accounts and to withdraw N600,000,” the X user tweeted.
He said the police officers then drove him back to a nearby town, where they collected his phones and bag. After they had confiscated his property, he said, they then told him to go look for point-of-sale operators to withdraw.
When he found two operators, he wrote their account numbers down, took a motorcycle to where the officers were and then transferred N600,000 to the account numbers.
“I then took the same bike back to the shops to collect the money after they confirmed the transfer,” the corps member said.
After that, I submitted it to the so-called police officers. One of them said, ‘Don’t you know that’s how we do it in Ilorin?’”
“The same police officers drove me to the main express, dropped me, parked a few metres from me and watched me until I entered another bus to my initial destination.
“What was my offense? They said they didn’t believe I’m a corps member because I was not with my NYSC identity card. I told them I would open the NYSC portal, but they said they wanted only physical documents.”
Ejire–Adeyemi Toun, Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, has asked the victim give her detailed information.
“Good evening. It’s disheartening to read such a horrible incident. Call me asap 08078255661. I will appreciate it if you can furnish me with additional info please. Let’s Talk I will be expecting your call. I will ensure he gets his money back. This is extortion done with impunity,”she wrote on X.