N1m Extortion: Policemen Know Fate Today

The four Policemen involved in extorting N1 million from members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will know their date today when the Lagos State Police Command will give its final resolution on the issue.

While trying to get an update on the issue, Lagos State Command Police PRO, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told LEADERSHIP that the officers would know their date today.

A few days ago, the command had said it had begun the trial of four police officers accused of extorting money from three members of the National Youth Service Corps in the Surulere area of the state.
Recall that on Thursday evening, an X user, Oluyemi Fasipe, shared that the officers from Area C Police Command in Surulere allegedly extorted the sum of N1 million from the three boys.

He tweeted, “Officers today, in Surulere, extorted one million naira from three corps members. They were threatened with firearms, kidnapped, and taken to the Kafaru Oluwole Tinubu House, Area C Police Command of the @LagosPoliceNG, where they were robbed. Their offence was the absence of a physical copy of a driver’s license.

“According to the victims, the officer in mufti is the one who collected the money (their boss).”

In one of the videos recorded by the corps member through a spy camera, a policeman was heard asking the corps member who drove the vehicle to provide his driver’s license.
It was gathered that the corps members were stopped along the Surulere expressway before a group of officers surrounded their vehicle and started searching.

An argument ensued between the corps members and the officers before the vehicle was driven to Area C police station, where the extortion was said to have taken place.