How Four Nigerian Policemen Allegedly Abducted, Extorted N600,000 From Corps Member In Kwara

The Nigeria Police Force has initiated the orderly room trial of four of its personnel who were involved in the abduction of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Kwara State.

The corps member, who had shared his experience on X (formerly Twitter), said that the policemen abducted him before forcing him to withdraw N600,000 under duress for them in Ajase town of Kwara State.

He said the police took him to an unknown location after the arrest, with several thickly uncultivated areas on the way.

“No single human being would have heard my cry. They told me to open all my bank accounts and to withdraw N600,000,” the X user tweeted.

He further stated that the officers drove him back to a nearby town, where they collected his phones and suitcase.

He claimed that after confiscating his goods, they instructed him to seek out point-of-sale operators to withdraw it. When he discovered two operators, he scribbled down their account numbers, rode a motorbike to where the police were, and transferred N600,000 to the accounts.

“I then took the same bike back to the shops to collect the money after they confirmed the transfer,” the corps member said.

“After that, I submitted it to the so-called police officers. One of them said, ‘Don’t you know that’s how we do it in Ilorin?'”

“The same police officers drove me to the main express, dropped me, parked a few metres from me and watched me until I entered another bus to my initial destination.

“What was my offense? They said they didn’t believe I’m a corps member because I was not with my NYSC identity card. I told them I would open the NYSC portal, but they said they wanted only physical documents.”

Reacting to this, Ejire Adetoun Adeyemi, the Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in a post she made on Wednesday morning on X confirmed the culprits have been identified.

She said, “Good morning sir, The incident was brought to my notice on the 5th of May; Immediately, investigation commenced, the money extorted was recovered, the 4 policemen were detained, their orderly room trial started yesterday. The complainant has refused to come up after several calls.”