A Nigerian man has taken to Twitter to complain that some police men in Lagos arrested him and forcefully collected from him the sum of N100, 000 for a phantom crime.
In a series of tweets, the man with the handle @BabajideGuerero stated that his decision to respect the orders of some police officers at the Jibowu axis of the state, led to his arrest and extortion on Sunday, December 19.
Read his account as well as the reaction of the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, below.
“I know you won’t reply to this, but when it’s time to get the petty thieves, your keypad will work.
You may be doing a great job in some quarters but YOUR men, Alot them belong to a psychiatric home, I mean this with EVERY DISRESPECT you feel.
Yesteday the 19th, Dec I was on my way to shoot the last episode of @PulseSportsNG
world cup show that I was commissioned to do. I was on MY lane, approaching the EDMUND STREET Turning into uni rd at Jibowu, when a suzuki cab overtook me and few minutes later your colleagues Lagos task force came off 2 yellow buses, and arrested that suzuki cab and some other cars they claimed it was “Double lane”, I WAS ON My right lane,a dirty looking colleague of yours told Me “oga reverse , let us arrest these guys ” while I was reversing, this YOUR guy whom your institution has immensely empowered with grand madne*s recorded me reversing , and told his fellow never-do-wells to arrest me saying “he’s among ‘, it was like a movie..their stinky alcohol ridden selves were already in my car before I could (say) a thing what i heard was ‘we are going to alausa’. I tried explaining but it was to DEAF ears (I mean that’s not new with your people), as this act of “heroism” is very commendable by these people you represent, they drove Me to alausa , stressed my life, they drove Me to alausa , stressed my life , I won’t come here tweeting if I was wrong , I wasn’t wrong ..ADEYEMI leader of the TEAM C LAGOS TASK FORCE told me to reverse In order for them to arrest the culprit, he recorded me reversing too.
I paid 100k in total, for what I know NOTHING about, I went through stress, and couldn’t fulfil my contractual obligations to, money is gone, but I what I believe will remain . THE NIGERIAN POLICE you represent is filthy, there’s NO reform or cleansing , as for YOUR Adeyemi and his men . They will Surely meet a Waterloo sooner or later.
IS THE BIGGEST DUNG EVER, a colossal disgrace to this nation.”
Lagos police command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin has responded. See his tweet below.
