WATCH: Police officers frame man as ‘yahoo boy’ in Ogun, extort him of N20,000
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ordered police reform last August, following cries from citizens to #EndSARS.
The announcement was received with joy and sanity seemed to have been restored. But corrupt police officials are on the prowl again.
This time, their victim was in Oju Ore area of Ogun State on Saturday (yesterday). Femi Dapson said he was on his way to visit his ailing father, along with a friend, when this happened:
“We were about boarding bike to my house when a man not dressed in uniform pulled up and dragged us by the belt. I was furious and I was like what’s going on here? Immediately another officer dressed in police uniform came with a gun, cocked it and forced us to enter bus,” Dapson narrated Sunday morning.
“When we entered, other member of @PoliceNG was in the Danfo. I asked if I was under arrest and they said yes, I asked for what? And immediately one of them rained slaps and punches all over my face. I guarded it with my hand but he kept on punching my head.”
“They took my phone from me and my friend, forced us to sit down in the Danfo and then took us round the whole of otta while picking up other innocent young men that dressed nicely.
“After taking us round otta for like 4 hours they finally took us to their station located at Sango otta. On getting there we were forced to take off our shirts, they checked for tattoos which they didn’t find.
“They forced me into writing a false statement stating that I was a yahoo boy, at first I hesitated but after receiving hot slaps I cooperated with them and wrote the statement as they were dictating, but I gave wrong information about my age, where I live, my email, etc.
“After the statement, they asked me to pay 200k. I told them I couldn’t pay as I don’t have funds but that I can give them 20k. I then immediately called a friend to transfer 10k to me plus the 10k for my dad’s drug that was with me.. so I gave them all 20k.”
This is a video showing The other boys they caught on the street.. some of them were stopped in bike.. one of these guys was taken in front of the general hospital at obasanjo bus stop Ota, and he kept showing he just came out to buy fruit for his sick mum but they took him away. pic.twitter.com/N5gopXWJtM
— THE SEAL (@theseal_ent_) January 13, 2019
Dapson, who was only able to get his phone back from the officers after he told them he needed to make calls to have the money provided, was able to secretly get video evidence of the extortion.
He was also able to identify some of the officers. He gave their names as: Fagbemi Joseph, Francis Idoko, Friday, Ajayi, and Princess.
The victim has notified police authorities and wants justice. Will he get it?
