Angry youths confront policemen, retrieve alleged bribe collected at checkpoint

A video displaying the second some aggrieved youths ‎retrieved ‘bribe’ allegedly collected by policemen at a checkpoint alongside Auchi-Aviele street in Edo State.

The policemen had been on the checkpoint when the youths stormed there, accusing them of extorting motorists and cyclists.

In the viral video, the aggrieved youths led by a person on quick and armless shirt, confronted and searched the officers, together with these bearing arms.

“Search this one,” the youth chief charged, whereas an armed policeman replied, “Nothing dey my body,” forcing a smile on his face.

“Hold on! Let them search youth,” a voice on the background mentioned.

The policeman was seen elevating up each palms as somebody frisked him earlier than giving an indication that nothing was discovered on the officer.

A policeman suspected to be chief of the staff tried handing over his telephone to the youth chief to talk with an unidentified particular person apparently to relax the state of affairs,  however the youth chief objected, shouting, “I no wan talk!”

The officer made one other try handy over the telephone to the youth chief, who received aggressive and hit his hand.

He later requested the policemen and officers of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) to go away the scene earlier than he moved to a location the place he addressed the general public.

“Good evening my people! We were on Auchi-Aviele road and found vigilantes and policemen mounting roadblock here. We got information that they were extorting people so we decided to chase them from here. We found out that they had already collected N4,200 from bike men and others. I’m taking this money to the Area Commander.

To the Commissioner of Police, I want you to call the DPO of Agbede Police Station because his men who extorted passengers said they got order from the DPO. While the Vigilantes said their boss from Aviele sent them. They did not spend up to 30 minutes there before collecting N4,200 from road users. That means they could have raised like 80k or 100k if they spent more hours. Imagine collecting this amount from Nigerians who are suffering,” he mentioned

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