Ifeoluwa OyerindeA Lagos-based artiste, Prince Johnson, has accused some policemen attached to the Igando Police Station of allegedly assaulting and extorting him. Johnson alleged that the policemen labelled him an Internet fraudster after searching his phone and car without finding anything incriminating. The victim told our correspondent that the cops later took him to the station, where he was asked to pay N50,000 to secure his freedom. I thought it was going to be the usual stop-and-search, but I didn’t know the officers had other intentions. “The officer told me that I knew what I should do and that I should do it now.

Source: Punch August 19, 2020 00:00 UTC