Policemen attached to the Festac Divisional Headquarters, Lagos, on Monday, extorted Samuel Okunuga, a student, for possessing a cryptocurrency application on his phone.
Three officers collected N40,000 from Okunuga after detaining him behind the station’s counter for two hours.
“I was coming from Ojo, so I boarded a motorcycle to beat the traffic gridlock en route Mile 2, but when I got to Alakija, the cops arrested me and demanded that they search my bag and phone,” Okunuga told FIJ.
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Upon gaining illegal access to his device, the police officers discovered a cryptocurrency trading app on his device and branded him a criminal.
With no charges or accusations made against him, the police dismissed Okunuga and made do with their loot.
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When FIJ contacted Balogun Gboyega, Divisional Police Officer of the Festac station, he told FIJ that he would investigate the matter to help identify the officers and retrieve the money.
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