By How SARS Operatives Forced Commuter To Transfer N25,000 Into Personal Account
A commuter who recently suffered in the hands of Special Anti-Robbery Squad officers has revealed how he was made to transfer N25,000 out of an account balance of N30,000, after he was charged to pay N7m.
According to the details shared by the commuter on social media, he was stopped along with other passengers on his way to Lagos Island from Badagry. Himself and other passengers were then taken to Ijaniki Divisional Headquarters Police Station where they were forced write individual statements. While others wrote, he disclosed that an officer assistant wrote on his behalf after he insisted he couldn’t write.
He disclosed that the operatives insisted on searching his phone, after going through it and sighting his banking app, he was forced into transferring money for the pleasure of the officers. He was first billed N7m, but after several pleas, they agreed to accept N25,000.
The commuter shared picture of the online transfer, showing the account number of the officer who received the cash transfer. Even after explaining to the operatives that the money was meant for his wife’s medications, as she was indisposed, the officers insisted on getting a large chunk of his money.
Checks by BlackBox Nigeria revealed that the account number 0051160863 domiciled in Access Bank belongs to Omotosho Olaoluwa, an operative of SARS attached to the Police in Ijaniki area of Lagos State.
BBN gathered that the matter has since been reported to the Lagos State Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Iheanacho Ifeanyi Omuta and also the Zonal PRO of Police Force, Mrs Dolapo Badmus.
