Sunday, September 29, 2024 –The Lagos State Police Command has summoned four policemen accused of extorting N1 million from youth corps members.
Benjamin Hundeyin, in a post on X said the
four policemen involved in the alleged extortion and kidnapping of three
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Surulere had been summoned for
trial.
Hundeyin confirmed that the trial of the
policemen has commenced and urged the complainants to visit the Complaint
Response Unit at the State Headquarters to testify against the officers
involved.
The incident, brought to light by activist
Olúyẹmí Fásípè, involved the alleged extortion of
N1 million from the corps members.
Fásípè claimed that the officers, armed and
in uniform, had kidnapped the NYSC members and taken them to the Kafaru Oluwole
Tinubu House at Area C Police Command, Surulere, where they were coerced into
paying the hefty sum.
“Their offence was simply being in the wrong
place at the wrong time,” Fásípè added in his initial post, which sparked
widespread outrage on social media.
As the trial begins, the Lagos State Police
Command has vowed to ensure justice and called on the victims to provide
necessary evidence and statements to aid the investigation.
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