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Corruption, Extortion At Police Stations Push More Nigerians To Use ‘Online Police’
The police personnel and authorities, who on Twitter, are constrained to request for bribes or show favouritism, are then obligated to look into the enquiries and follow up on the reports.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 06, 2021
A growing number of Nigerians who experience assaults and other infractions from the police have now found a new way to report to police authorities and enforce their human rights.
Checks by SaharaReporters show that more Nigerians now patronise the Police Complaints Response Unit which gets a number of enquiries, cases and reports daily from Nigerians who prefer the “online police station.”
Police Probe Officers For Torturing UNILAG Student To Coma
After the extortion, the policemen, not done, beat Akinwale till he went into a coma, for being “rude” after which he was rushed to hospital.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 21, 2021
The Nigeria Police Force has said it has begun investigating power-drunk policemen who tortured a University of Lagos student, John Akinwale, till he went into a coma in the Mosafejo, Oshodi area of Lagos State.
The NPF Police Complaint Response Unit, Abuja, disclosed this via its Twitter handle on Tuesday.
SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that Akinwale was arrested and brutalised on Monday, around 2pm, after he bought fuel at a filling station and was sighted by policemen attached to the Mosafejo division.
How Policemen Tortured Me, Demanded N20,000 Bail – UNILAG Student Who Slumped At Police Station
He noted that when it was time for him to take his drugs for typhoid fever, the policemen prevented him from accessing his vehicle which made him to slump onto the floor.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 20, 2021
A student of the University of Lagos, John Akinwale, who slumped after being assaulted by police officers in the Mosafejo area of Oshodi, Lagos State, on Monday, has narrated his ordeal, saying the policemen demanded N20,000 as bail.
Akinwale had reportedly landed in the hospital after power-drunk policemen tortured him till he went into a coma on Monday.
He was arrested for covering his number plate. He was held for hours for being rude to the Divisional Police Officer of the Mosafejo division in Oshodi.