Lady who survived ‘one-chance’ robbery in Lekki says police asked her for N50k mobilization fee

A Nigerian lawyer, Akomas Victoria, has shared the story of her experience with police officers at the Maroko Police station in Lagos State where she went to report a case of robbery.

In a series of tweets, Victoria said she was robbed by ”one-chance bus” criminals on January 5, and lost her phone to the robbers who pushed her out of the bus.

Victoria said she went to the police to report the incident and that to her surprise, the officers allegedly asked her to pay N50,000 to help her track her phone and also mobilization money to help retrieve the phone wherever it will be found.

She said that an officer described the incident even before she spoke and also told her he knew those behind the act. She claimed the officer called one of the criminals named Prince.

Her tweets marked 06 January read:

“Yesterday I was robbed in a “one chance bus”, pushed out of the vehicle and my phone stolen.

I reported at the police station and was asked to pay 50,000 naira to track my phone and afterwards pay a mobilization fee depending on the location where the phone is found.

Please help.

The police officer described the entire incident before I could even explain. He says he knows them and where they are from. He called one of them “Prince” and that they are from Mushin/Orile.

These people are well known, yet I need to pay to mobilize the police to do their job. This happened at Marwa in Lekki phase 1, and was reported at the Maroko police station. I believe that the police can help, the officers I spoke to seemed competent and well-versed.

Please help.

God I will never enter public bus in my life again.”