Police Assaults KWASU SU President, Others Over Bribe- [Photo]

The Student Union President of Kwara State University, KWASU, Kozeem Olaitan Hanafy, has accused officers of the Nigeria Police Force of demanding for bribe along the Sagamu road in Ogun State.

According to Hanafy in a series of tweets on Friday, August 8, some police officers stopped them while travelling from Ikorodu to Ilorin, in Kwara State.

Hanafy took to the bird app today to report the incident to Nigerian Human Rights Activist, Segun Awosanya, and the police force how the officer at Sagamu stopped their vehicle to demand bribe after checking through their mobile phones.

According to him, the five of them in the same vehicle were checked and lastly him alone was restricted from leaving the scene after the officer checking them noticed he was using an iPhone.

The KWASU SU presidents said he showed the officer his student ID card to bail himself out of the awful experience but that the police officer showed no interest in checking the ID, as he was concerned about collecting money from him, even as far as trying to beat him with a stick.

Hanafy who shared a photo of the event alleged that the officer asked him for some money as a bribe to let him go, which he questioned why. He said the officer had accused him of being a scammer because of the expensive phone he was using.

Again Hanafy disclosed that a passenger who was recording the scenario was brutalised by the officer after he took note of him. He as well demanded him to pay money before he would let him go. Hanafy noted that he paid the officer N5000 before he let the passenger go.

“He won’t let anyone who uses iPhone leave without having collected money from them. A passenger tried to record the scenario and when the officer got to know, he beat him and asked him to pay before he can free him. It was after I paid him #5, 000 before he freed the guy,” Hanafy stated.

See the tweets below;

Dear Sir, @segalink,

Earlier today, I was on my way to Ilorin from Ikorodu. We got to a place in Sagamu after Ogijo where we were stopped by some police officers. They asked us all to come down. We were five and after checking other’s phones, he asked them to go and… pic.twitter.com/E4M6yvOnfb

— Kìítán (@MKO_Hanafy) August 8, 2020

Instructed that I should step aside. He asked me to unlock my phone and I did. He searched it and asked if I play “game”. I said no and he started threatening me. He went as far as trying to use stick to beat me. I showed him my identity card as the Students’ Union President of

— Kìítán (@MKO_Hanafy) August 8, 2020

KWASU and he told me to take the identity card away as it’s not useful in this context. He asked me to settle him and leave. I told him I haven’t committed any offence. So, I have no reasons to settle or pay him. He asked where I got the money to buy iPhone Xsmax…

— Kìítán (@MKO_Hanafy) August 8, 2020

I told him that I’m a Forex trader and he said that Forex is a game too! Imagine! He said that anybody who uses iPhone is a scammer. He delayed us for close to two hours. During these hours, they stopped as many cars as possible, harassed and extorted the youths…

— Kìítán (@MKO_Hanafy) August 8, 2020

He won’t let anyone who uses iPhone leave without having collected money from them. A passenger tried to record the scenario and when the officer got to know, he beat him and asked him to pay before he can free him. It was after I paid him #5, 000 before he freed the guy and I…

— Kìítán (@MKO_Hanafy) August 8, 2020

I wonder what the security system of our dear country is turning to. The securities who are meant to protect the citizens are the ones terrorizing us. Youths keep lamenting everyday about the harassment and extortion we face from the security agencies and the government are …

— Kìítán (@MKO_Hanafy) August 8, 2020

Meanwhile, a man who allegedly stole an iPhone 11 from a passenger in a Keke napep and attempted to bribe the police when he was caught has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command.

According to the police, he committed the crime two weeks ago but was eventually tracked down yesterday afternoon in Ipaja, Naija News reports.