An MC has accused the operatives of the Lagos State Police Command of extortion when he went to make a report at a police station in Maroko area.

WuzupNaija gathered that MC Abbey da prof – or @mcabbey on Twitter – was involved in a minor accident which damaged the rear light of his car.

According to him, he had proceeded to the police station to make a report and get documentation for insurance purposes. However, the officers he met at the station demanded he pays N10,000 before making a statement.

Sharing his experience on Twitter, MC Abbey da prof wrote:

This so annoying had an accident and needed to go write a statement at the police station in Maroko, Oniru Lekki so I can I have it documented for insurance sake and the police were asking me to pay 10k for the statement. This is shameful.

This so annoying,had an accident and needed to go write a statement at the police station in maroko oniru lekki so i can i have it documented for insurance sake and the police was asking me to pay 10k for statement.This is shameful. @aleeygiwa @PoliceNG @PoliceNG_CRU @segalink pic.twitter.com/kwoyHWNuRO

— MC Abbey da prof (@mcabbey1) March 15, 2019

MC Abbey da prof’s experience at the hands of the police has triggered a series of similar experiences being shared on Twitter.

One Babatunde/@barbatuneday, who had a similar experience in Kaduna, noted that DPO signature is no longer free.

…I had such an experience in Kaduna last year. I think it’s a general thing in all our police stations. You have to pay for anything that is to be printed on @PoliceNG letterhead. Moreover, DPO’s signature is not FREE!
It’s a systemic problem.@segalink

— Babatunde (@barbatuneday) March 15, 2019

 

A Delta man, one Mowoe Godfrey/@MowoeG, had his own taste of the corrupt practices of the police when he visited a police station to make a report in Otor-Udu police station in Udu LGA of Delta state.

He wrote,

A travel agent scammed me and I reported to the Police in Area G. They charged me N20,000 to make the case official. The reason most people are joining police. Extra cash and not the salary.

— Festus, Emeka (@Betahubby) March 15, 2019

10 K???

I was asked to pay NGN50,000 in Delta State! ?

— Olúwafémi (@I_am_Phemy) March 15, 2019

Samething happened one day at Ago police station, one guy came to report about his stolen car, he was asked to bring 50k for radio something something, and I almost fainted..

— Mr Current (@Edwinofoezie) March 15, 2019

Yes oh, they tell you to pay some money to send radio signal, they did that to us for my aunt’s stolen vehicle, & when we eventually saw the car by ourselves & took it to the station to show them we had found it, they said park the car & demanded 30k before she could carry it??

— Wanogho Mamiyere M. (@MamusWanogho) March 15, 2019

In Otor-Udu police state in Udu LGA of Delta state, they collected N4,500.00 from me when my apartment was robbed and my Npower Tab among other valuables were stolen and nothing was done just the Entry and Extract.

— Mowoe Godfrey (@MowoeG) March 15, 2019

See other tweets:

This is exactly what I talked about while watching The Marine 4 Moving Target. While in other climes, the state bears the cost of investigations, in Nigeria the victim of crime or accident foots the bill.@PoliceNG when shall we outgrow this colonial structure?

— Bulus Atsen (@ByAtsen) March 15, 2019

My house was burgled sometime and I went to the nearest police station to make a complaint, I was asked to bring 10k for statement. Terrible place called Nigeria

— Valentine Ezewudo (@veeewudoz) March 15, 2019

When my car was stolen, I was told to bring 5k for processing….then I was called to bring another 10k for more processing…..then the police in charge called me to send 15k that my car was spotted in ogun state…still haven’t found it tho….

— Swξξts (@wendisweets) March 15, 2019

A friend’s car was stolen last year in ikeja. D dude paid 9k for mobilisation, was asked to come meet them the following day in one bar off allen avenue…guess what, he was asked to pay for dia drinks B4 going for investigation…

— Gringold?? (@gringold2000) March 15, 2019

1half of car number plate fell off and in a bid to obtain police report for a new num plate, same demand of 10k, eventually 5k was collected

— Rev. Daniel Onuoha (@EnigmaticDan) March 15, 2019

Yours is even cheap, a friend car was condemned by a reckless driver who ran away even after the accident took place in the present of some police patrol van, he went to the station to make a statement for him to process it with his insurance company, they asked him to pay 50k

— Ọmọ Ọsún (@destayo67) March 15, 2019

Some thieves were caught in my area few days ago and were taken to the Police station. They charged the landlord association 20k for investigation and the IPO demanded 5k for pocket money to run around. I Taya for NPF I swear!

— Tunji Kale (@EEteajhay) March 15, 2019

A friend of mind got robbed in his house, valuables stolen. Went to police to log a complain. He was asked to pay 2k for letterhead. Question is why do we pay tax and what is the use of police budget yearly? Might as well let the police be a revenue generating agency name?

— A Spartan Story (@ChrisSublime) March 15, 2019