How police rob me of my N150,000 School Fees, EKSU student reveals on X

Adebisi Sherifat Abiola, a student of Ekiti State University (EKSU), has shared her ordeal on social media, accusing policemen at a checkpoint in the Ojota area of Lagos State of extorting her school fees, totaling N150,000.

In a post on X, Abiola detailed that the incident occurred at 11:23 am on Saturday, when the officers allegedly seized the money under duress. She expressed her frustration and disappointment over the extortion, highlighting the burden it has placed on her education and finances.

He said, “At exactly 11:23 AM today, I and my friend got assaulted by the Nigerian Police Force at Ojota, Lagos.

“I’ve been hearing and seeing police brutality on social media, I never prayed for a day like this.

“We were coming from Alakuko. I ordered an InDrive to Ebute, Ikorodu.

“Then they took me and my friend to their vehicle, a fully tinted Sienna. I got assaulted there saying we have to go to the station, that we would be investigated by their boss at the office. I got scared, because of police brutality I’ve been hearing and seeing on X. I never believed one day this will happen to me.

“They asked me to pay 200 thousand naira if I want to go home without being taken to the station.

“I was frightened. I told them I do not have that amount, that I’m a student.

“Then they took me to a POS merchant. They said I should send N150,000 naira to the POS merchant.”

Abiola shared a transaction receipt which showed that the POS operator, one Alice Hadiya Odeh with a Kuda Bank account received N150,000 from Adebisi Sherifat Abiola with an Opay account.

“I have the receipt with me and the POS account number.

“I have been brutalised and forced to send the money I’m meant to use as my school fees.

“Help me please, I don’t want to be assaulted in vain,” the student said.

While commenting on the ugly incident, the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi directed the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin to investigate the matter and fish out the officers involved as urgent as possible.

“Checking of peoples phones by police operatives on the road is not allowed and the force has condemned such, and we need to act on complaints like this,” the police image-maker said.