15.8.2025
The police in Lagos State said it has summoned a group of officers who allegedly tried to exhort N3m from a motorist and his passenger whom they cornered at the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge.
Lagos State police spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed Friday that the cops are being investigated, and the outcome would be made known to the public in due course.
“The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, has summoned all the officers to the command headquarters in Ikeja and directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department, to investigate the complaint.
“The public will be updated on the outcome.”
Narrating his ordeal in the hands of the policemen from the Onikan Police Station Tactical Squad an X user, Boluwatife @Tife_badass wrote: “The officers started cocking their guns as my car was approaching, I panicked and I stopped, this was about 1.00am Thursday.
“About five of them dragged me out of the car claiming I am the guy that killed a policeman in Lekki, and they have finally caught me, I was so lost.
“They put me in cuffs and bundled me into their Hilux, claiming they will deal with me; they pushed my friend into the Hilux too, while one of them drove my car behind us.
“We got to their station at Onikan, they told me to take off my shirt, my shoes and even my socks, saying I will sleep in the cell.
“Meanwhile they searched my car and checked my papers and saw that everything was in order, and I had nothing illegal on me,” he said.
@Tife_badass said that the officers eventually allegedly demanded N3million and started threatening him because he refused to give them a dime.
“I told them I was not going to give them anything, after about another two hours they settled for N500,000.
“They threatened to shoot me multiple times, threatened to forge document against me that I am fraudulent, and a cultist just because I refused to give them money.
“When they gave me back my phone, I used that to alert my people.”
