Police deny raid, extortion of youths in Lagos over cultism

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The police in Lagos have been raiding and detaining youths around Ikorodu, a Lagos suburb, including students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, situated in the area, over alleged cultism.

Each detained are also being made to pay between N50,000 and N100,000 to the police before they are released, NAN reports. Those who are not able to pay are, however, further detained.

A source alleged that one of the detained suspects arrested at Sabo Bus Stop, Ikorodu, was able to reach his brother serving in the Nigerian Army and the family lawyer. He was released when the police could not provide evidence of his connection to cultism, the source said.Police spokesman in the state, Adekunle Ajisebutu, said operatives were only clamping down on suspected cultists in line with the directive of the state police commissioner Hakeem Odumosu.

 

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It's just like babalawo denying he doesn't do incantation. Awon gbewiri. Government backed robbers

Sometimes i wonder what is the difference between SARS and a regular police on the street ?

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