There was drama along the Auchi-Aviele road in Edo State after civilians rounded up policemen at a checkpoint and searched them.
The civilians said the policemen had been extorting money from motorists on the road.
In a video now trending on social media, the civilians were seen surrounding the policemen and asking them to bring out all the money they collected from drivers.
The policemen were searched one after the other, and the civilians collected the money they found on them.
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They said drivers pay money at the checkpoint every day before they are allowed to pass.
One of the civilians in the video said they were tired of the extortion, saying the policemen are supposed to protect people, not collect money 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 when they spend hours here, they would have collected over N100,000 from Nigerians who are suffering to make ends meet in this harsh economy,” 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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