Man cries out as police allegedly kidnap brother in Abuja, extort ₦300k
A Nigerian man has taken to social media to accuse the police of allegedly abducting his younger brother in Abuja, extorting money from him, and threatening to kill his brother if he didn’t comply.
This is contained in a post made available on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, by user @Deyoppressed, who detailed the entire experience in a lengthy thread.
He claimed the Nigerian police picked up his younger brother, a student, from school, refused to reveal their location, and demanded a ₦2 million ransom.
When they realized he couldn’t raise the amount, they allegedly reduced it to ₦300,000 and collected it via a roadside POS machine.
His full statement reads: “Nigerian Police are kidnappers and criminals in uniform. Abducted my kid bro today from his school and collected 300k and dump him in the middle of nowhere in Abuja. @PoliceNG @Princemoye1 call your people to other. They collected such money from a student even when they found Nothing on his phone.”
He continued: “They refused to disclose their location even when I was asking them on the phone when they reached out to me. I told them to take him to any of their stations and give me the location, they refused.”
“They threatened to kill him and dumped his body by the road Side or frame him for drugs and gun-running. The @PoliceNG is a crime institution, they are not saving lives and properties, they extort from people and if you can’t afford to pay they will threatened to kill you.”
“They even demanded 2 million naira and when they saw that I could Not raise such amount, they lower it to 300k and collected it through roadside POS machine. @Princemoye1 the police is never our friends, they are criminals, they are just official kidnappers in uniform and their souls are as black as their uniform. When you see a police at Check point, you should first be scared for your safety.”
He added: “This was this morning. In their words is either I comply or I bury my brother and I was also reminded that I know they can frame him and there is nothing I can do about it. They told me I can go anywhere and they don’t care. They refused to take him to any station.”
The post quickly went viral, with many Nigerians reacting strongly in the comments, condemning the alleged police misconduct and demanding accountability.
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