{"id":72422,"date":"2021-08-18T05:32:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T04:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=72422"},"modified":"2021-08-18T05:32:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T04:32:47","slug":"how-lagos-police-extorted-n40000-from-ekwueme-varsity-students-on-their-way-to-board-flight-back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/18\/how-lagos-police-extorted-n40000-from-ekwueme-varsity-students-on-their-way-to-board-flight-back-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"How Lagos police extorted N40,000 from Ekwueme Varsity students on their way to board flight back to school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two students of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Michael Ekene Okonkwo and Udo Chukwu Maduforo have narrated how some policemen attached to the Airport Command, Ikeja, Lagos, allegedly extorted N40,000 from them, while on their way to board a flight back to school.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the students were in a cab heading to the local wing last Saturday, when their vehicle was stopped by a team of policemen in front of Golden Tulip Hotel, along Airport Road at about 11am.<\/p>\n<p>According to Vanguard, the students stated that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/05\/policemen-soldiers-retreated-scampered-for-safety-after-being-overpowered-by-suspected-herdsmen-in-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">policemen<\/a> searched them, but did not find anything incriminating.<\/p>\n<p>They pleaded with the policemen to allow them go catch their flight to school and showed them their identification cards, but that their pleas fell on deaf ears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey harassed us, delayed us without telling us what our offence was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey searched our bags and didn\u2019t find anything incriminating. One of them pushed us in the face and at the end collected N40,000 from us. At the end of the day, we missed our flight,\u201d the students said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the students\u2019 mother, Mrs Evelyn Okonkwo, said \u201cWhen I received a call from my son that they were held by the police, I quickly headed for the spot and at the same time prayed that there shouldn\u2019t be the release of an accidental <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/14\/stray-bullet-hits-teenage-girl-during-wedding-ceremony-in-uyo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bullet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I wanted to know was the offence they committed that warranted their being held.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I got to the spot, he called again to tell me that the policemen had released them after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/26\/three-police-officers-arrested-for-extorting-lasu-student-of-n153000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extorting<\/a> N40,000 from them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe money was meant for their upkeep in school. By the time they arrived at the airport, their flight had left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey missed their Air Peace flight scheduled for 11:40am. They had to return home and travel on Sunday morning at an extra cost.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two students of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Michael Ekene Okonkwo and Udo Chukwu Maduforo have narrated how some policemen attached to the Airport Command, Ikeja, Lagos, allegedly extorted N40,000 from them, while on their way to board a flight back to school. 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