How policemen used POS device to extort N160,000 ‘bail money’ from suspect

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Murtala Salami’s ordeal in the hands of policemen last year has continued to traumatise him. Precisely in October, 2019, the clearing agent, who works....

Murtala Salami’s ordeal in the hands of policemen last year has continued to traumatise him. Precisely in October, 2019, the clearing agent, who works in Apapa Port, Lagos, got an Infinix Hot 4 phone from a phone technician, identified simply as Yusuf, several months after he gave Yusuf an Infinix Hot 6 phone to fix.

‘’One day, I saw him at Computer Village in Ikeja and held him by his shirt. The encounter created a scene and some bystanders a brokered truce between us. In the middle of the altercation, he told me that my phone was giving him problems and he offered to give me a similar phone-Infinix Hot 4 for my temporary use pending the time he would properly fix my phone. I collected the phone and gave it to my wife since I had bought a new phone.

He added that his father, Saka Salami, who was miffed by the conduct of the policemen approached the Divisional Police Officer of the station, who reprimanded the officers involved in the controversial POS withdrawals and ordered them to refund the money to the suspect. He noted that the IPO and other officers at the station, who connived to extort him, have refused to refund the money and instead threatened to charge him to court after demanding a refund according to the DPO’s order.

‘’ When I got to the station, the policemen said the phone in question belonged to an unnamed police officer and that it took them several weeks to track it to my son’s wife in Lagos. They said the phone cost N37, 000; the tracking cost them N50,000 and that the total cost of transportation was N10,000. They said my son had already paid the money and I became worried how my son was able to raise the money.

 

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ayemojubar Hmm

Kudos 2 d father 4 ensuring dat his deft move attract d dpo ear who ordered release of d suspect &refund of d money, God will bless d dpo .I pitied d day both Dco &IPO enlisted in d noble job & I pray they'll have a date wit d highest authority 1day, what a shame.!!!

The money can be returned if this country value Justice

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