Edo: Moment civilians rounded up policemen, searched them, took again extorted cash [VIDEO]

There was drama alongside the Auchi-Aviele street in Edo State after civilians rounded up policemen at a checkpoint and searched them.

The civilians mentioned the policemen had been extorting cash from motorists on the street.

In a video now trending on social media, the civilians had been seen surrounding the policemen and asking them to convey out all the cash they collected from drivers.

The policemen had been searched one after the opposite, and the civilians collected the cash they discovered on them.

People on the scene had been shouting that the policemen had been disturbing drivers on that street for a very long time.

They mentioned drivers pay cash on the checkpoint daily earlier than they’re allowed to go.

One of the civilians within the video mentioned they had been bored with the extortion, saying the policemen are supposed to guard folks, not gather cash from them.

“It’s not up to 30 minutes they got here, and they have already extorted N4,200 from drivers and motorcyclists.

“That means once they spend hours right here, they’d have collected over N100,000 from Nigerians who’re struggling to make ends meet on this harsh economic system,” he said.

Meanwhile, from the footage, the policemen did not resist as they stood while the civilians searched them and took the money.

At the time of filing this report, the Edo State Police Command had not reacted to the incident.

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I noticed the video under and I implore on the IG of @PoliceNG to know that Nigerians are REALLY drained and if the Nigerian Police women and men aren’t able to do the fitting factor, the folks will make them do the fitting factor!

Civilians rounded up policemen in checkpoint, searched them alongside Auchi Aviele street in Edo state and picked up the cash they extorted from motorists.

— Aisha Yesufu (@AishaYesufu) November 10, 2026