They added that they were treated like criminals during the “abduction” and forced to transfer money to an OPAY account, 6114428320 owned by Sani Musa Enterprises.
Two siblings have narrated how personnel of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command abducted and subsequently extorted N470,000 from them at gunpoint.
They explained that they were stopped on January 8, 2025, around Kurudu area, after Army Estate in the nation’s capital by the policemen.
The two brothers said they were forced into a Toyota Corolla car in gold colour and driven round the city by the policemen who claimed to be from 10/Zone 6 division.
They added that they were treated like criminals during the “abduction” and forced to transfer money to an OPAY account, 6114428320 owned by Sani Musa Enterprises.
One of them who spoke with an online news media said, “My brother and I were last Wednesday extorted by the police. They collected N470,000 from us. We were driving towards Kurudu, after the Army estate.
“They asked us to come down from our car took us into theirs that was tinted. They equally checked our phones and found nothing incriminating. They were fully armed and started beating us.
“They said we are internet fraudsters, yet they checked our phones and found nothing. Then they took us away in their car, the car was fully tinted and asked me to transfer everything we have in our accounts to an OPAY account, 6114428320 owned by Sani Musa Enterprises.”
“After we made the transfer, they dropped us under Zone 2 bridge, they used a gold colour Toyota Corolla, fully tinted and removed their badges from their uniforms. They told us that that they are from Arrea 10/Zone 6 Division.”
They urged the human rights activists and the police authorities to intervene on their behalf.
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