Lagos: Nigerians slam police for covering faces of officers who extorted 'Yahoo boy'

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The Lagos State Police Command is under fire for concealing the faces of policemen arrested for extortion. On Thursday, a youth narrated how the officers

On Thursday, a youth narrated how the officers stopped him and called him a ‘Yahoo boy’, the Nigerian slang for internet fraudster.

After subjecting the young man to trauma, the police team then asked him to write a statement and bail himself.One of them also threatened to deal with Oluwagbadura while he’s in the cell and boasted nothing would happen. But the blurred faces of the officers have got Nigerians talking; some accuse the police of covering the identity of bad eggs who should be exposed.@JerryPiticle: You don’t need to blur their faces abeg. Let’s know our enemies@ehiokupa: Poor man wey thief money, Omo dem go show him face for crime fighters. Policeman wey extort citizen, Omo we nor dey see dem face for Twitter. Why na?

@PastorDJDaniels: Kindly repost their faces as ordinary citizens are openly paraded. You could do more by answering the popular voice of reason. @oga_pharmacist: You blur the face of officers that have been positively identified to have committed crimes, but you expose the faces of “yahoo boys” and others? This is nonsense, stick to a standard.

 

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Mad people

The entire police force is corrupt don't expect transparency from the institute

WHEN A KINGDOM FIGHT AGAINST ITSELF.FAILURE IS THEIR SURNAME. 9JACHECKURPOLICE

It's so annoying but if it's others you won't cover their faces.

I honestly do not know why they usually cover criminal's face in Nigeria.

Extorted ‘yahoo boy’ Garbage 🗑

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