The Nigeria Police Force has refunded N68,000 extorted from a Lagos State-based female tricycle rider identified as Joy Ivie Aghama by some police personnel attached to the Area N Division at Ijede Area Council. This was disclosed by #TakeItBackMovement in a Twitter post made on Saturday afternoon, adding that the culprits were already facing disciplinary action at the force. The police, according to the group, are also responsible for her tricycle repair and her medical bills.
Some personnel of the Nigeria Police Force attached to Area N Division at Ijede Area Council of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have reportedly assaulted and brutalised a female tricycle rider. The victim identified as Joy Ivie Aghama and her friend Mofoluwaso Hannah Fowokan were brutalised by the police officers for allegedly refusing to part with a bribe of N100. SaharaReporters learnt that the incident took place at a place called Mahmud in the Ijede part of Ikorodu on Monday evening.