ARMED ROBBERS IN POLICE UNIFORM

I had an agonizing experience with some men who claim to be "Nigerian Police Officers" on duty at the Amuwo Odofin/Festac axis, today Friday 4th May, 2018.

I left my house at Oshodi to pick my International Passport at Festac Passport Office in the morning. At 2nd Rainbow bus stop, I took a bike to make the trip faster. Just after descending that small 'bridge' connecting Amuwo-odofin to Festac, the bike man suddenly stopped in front of some *Police man" standing on the road, welding their guns. As I was asking the bike man why he stopped, the "Police Men" swooped on me, dragging me to a small white bus parked beside the road. I saw many other young men packed like sardines inside the bus. In alarm I asked one of the two "Police men" pushing me, what my offense was. He ignored me and just snatched my phone from my hand and ordered me to put in my password. I obeyed. He went through my contacts, messages, emails, WhatsApp etc. He seemed not to find what he was looking for. Then he started interrogating me and I told them that I finished my NYSC two years ago but can't find a job yet, so I decided to get an Inter. Passport in case an opportunity to travel out comes my way, hence my trip to Passport Office to collect my Passport.They asked me how much I have in my Bank accounts. I told them I had less than N5,000 in my Access account from where I withdrew N3,500 about an hour ago (I showed them the money and the alert on my phone). Also, I have Zero bal on my Diamond a/c. One of them slapped me, saying I was lying and that am an Internet Fraudster and that he will shoot me if I don't cooperate. I said I don't know anything about what they're accusing of; that earned me another slap. I decided not to talk again. They forced me into the bus, saying they're taking me to Diamond bank to confirm my a/c bal. When we got to the Diamond Bank near Mega Chicken, they pushed me violently like a common criminal to the Customer Service and told the lady there that I am a suspected Fraudster and that they're investigating my account. All eyes were on me... I have never been so humiliated in my life! I wrote my a/c no and the lady checked and confirmed I don't have any money in my a/c. They shoved me out again back into the white small bus.
At the end of it all, they collected the N3,500 with me and asked me to go, around 4pm. All my pleas to leave at least N500 for me for my transport fell on deaf ears. I trekked to the Passport Office and had to beg an officer there for transport fare to go back home and he obliged me with N500, after listening pathetically to my story. He confirmed it's a daily occurrence especially at that same spot.

I don't know what to say but the frustration in this country is too much already. Can't the Police Authority in Lagos do something about these incessant abuses and unlawful humiliation of innocent and already agonized citizens? I saw many people including motorists, stopped, harassed, their phones seized and commanded to part with various sums of money!!

With tears in my eyes, I ask.... Can't anything be done to stop this Police brutality and torture in our land⁉Can't the Police Authorities so something to apprehend these armed robbers in Police Uniforms and bring them to book...at least to try to redeem their already battered image⁉

As I write this, I keep wondering what would have happened to all those people "captured" and bundled in that small white bus today. Perhaps, some may not be as "lucky" as I was...some may actually be shot (as threatened) for refusing or not being able to "cooperate".

I beg you my people, ��Please share this painful account widely, to see if this recurring evil against innocent and depressed people in our society, would stop.

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Op, please move this to front page

Chaii, adult sef cry.
Abeg, do adults cry? Especially from beating

this country is really turning into something else. may God continue to protect his people.

ok

Nigerians, this is the real change, tyranny, intimidation, brutality, extra jucial killings, disrespect for the rule of law, extortions has become the order of the day.
Fellow Nigerians, enjoy the change you enthroned.

That's why I never pitied them when they're killed.bunch of useless things.

Criminals in police uniform

so sad. can't we protest against this evil men in black. I'm tired of reading about the evil of the so called police. why are we do scared to voice out in reality than media

Can you imagine the extent these official armed robbers could go? Op, you should report the officers to the police public complaint office and since you went with them to your bank, their pix will be captured by the CCTV of the bank. Moderator, please move this to front page.

Poster, I don't know if you're going to see this but I would like if you can reply this message and let's talk about this

Horphemiphor:
Poster, I don't know if you're going to see this but I would like if you can reply this message and let's talk about this

You have been off the forum since 2015. Hope all is well. Wish you all the best. Help op if you are in a position.

I tire for those guys, the other time they searched through my phones, after going through my mails one of them said you dey do bitcoins abi, I was like ah ahn yes now Bitcoin no dey illegal now.

They checked my phones mail messages even Whatsapp messages, I was with my lappy they also checked that too. when one saw some ebooks on IT security , he was like what do you do? I tell am say those books are from my IT training school (which was a lie).

I mentioned the name of the school, NIIT and he was like wow he also attended training there, naso we begin yarn bout IT things dey smile oh. while the other one searched my phones

na play play and smile I use buy time, although I was composed and addressed them calmly.

Most boiz in Festac are always harsh when they stop them, that's why they get roughed up!
Some are just unlucky due to the way they dress(dreads,tattoos). I can't count the number of times I have been stopped in Festac, its numerous!

Getting stopped by police men is now a usual occurrence, so to be safe as a young guy here, remove all forms of exhibit in your phone when you are bout going out.

Waiting to hear the police reaction to this, it appears there are many bad eggs in the police force.

Hahahha I know that route in festac amuwo axis... Whenever I'm plying that route. I don't do the mistake of entering bike... That was your mistake.. What I do is. I enter keke... I they pass there steady with keke... And no problems from the police.. The day you enter bike.. Your doom