A National Diploma 2 student of the Auchi Polytechnic , Nicholas Victor , has accused some policemen attached to the Kogi State Police Command of extorting money from him because he owns two phones .
Victor said he was on his way to Auchi on August 4 , 2020 to collect his National ID card when the policemen , who were at a checkpoint at the Okene area of Kogi State , stopped the driver of the bus he was travelling in .
He explained that the policemen ordered all the male passengers out of the bus and started checking their phones .
The 22 - year - old noted that while all the other passengers paid various sums , the officers refused to release him despite offering them N 4 , 200.
He said the officers insisted on a bigger sum because he had two phones , adding that his mother was forced to transfer N 70 , 000 into the bank account of one of the officers , identified as John Eshiobugie .
Victor said , “ The other guys on the bus with me sort out themselves at the scene . When the police officers told me to pay them , I told them that I didn ’ t have any money on me except N 4 , 200 , which they refused to collect . They asked why I would not have money on me and labelled me an Internet fraudster because I was holding two phones .
“ When they went through my phones , they saw my girlfriend ’ s pictures and ordered me to enter their van , threatening that I would have to bail myself before I would be allowed to go .
“ They asked me to pay N 100, 000 and before I could utter a word , one of them had slapped me, while another cocked his gun , threatening to shoot . The officers ordered the driver of the bus to go that I was not serious and that when I pay them , I would be released . The driver and other occupants begged on my behalf, but the officers threatened to shoot them if they did not leave .
“ I then begged them to give me my phones to call my mother . When I called her , she begged them to collect the N 4 , 200, but they refused .
My mum begged them to take N 10 , 000; they said they could only collect N 70 , 000. So, my mum didn ’ t have any choice than to send the money she wanted to use to buy tiles for her new house .
“ She is a single mother who does not have anything , but the police collected the little money we were managing . When she sent the money , the officers didn ’ t release me till one of them got an alert on his phone. ”
The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, Willaims Aya , who stated that he was not aware of the incident , urged our correspondent to forward all necessary details to him to aid police investigation into the matter .
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