A Nigerian man has narrated how some police officers in Rivers stopped him along a highway in Nigeria on his way to Port Harcourt Airport and extorted N80,000 after falsely accusing him of being an Internet fraudster and a cultist.
The man who revealed via Twitter said the incident occurred on Monday, July 10, and added that the officers took advantage of the fact that he was anxious to meet up with his flight (which he eventually missed).
The victim said he secretly recorded a 32-second video of the confrontation while it was taking place the incident. He also revealed that the officers initially requested N300,000 from him.
Via his Twitter handle, @ndubuisi_nick, he tweeted:
“I was heading to the airport and had a flight by 12:30 p.m….they stopped me at around 11:30 a.m., asked me to come down, searched me & said I was a yahoo boy & cultist, they even slapped me & threatened me when I said NO that I wasn’t.
“I had to give them money so I could leave before I’m hurt or killed and also try to catch my flight.
“When I got to the airport at almost 12:30 because of how long they held me, the flight had already left! I was devastated. I had to reschedule another flight again and wait till 7 p.m.”
Adding that they entered his car and asked his driver to move, the man said: “I didn’t know where they were taking me to. They kept on saying that they will deal with me; I was so scared for my life.”
