I am P. (name withheld to avoid reprisal) from Ilorin, Kwara State. I want to report two police stations: B division and D division. I have evidence to prove my claims. I swear some top officers in the Divisions and…
Category: Bribery
These police officers are busy taking bribes, extorting motorists along the Ekiti – Abuja route today
A passenger travelling in an ash-coloured Peugeot 505 GR saloon car is watching from his back-seat position how police officers on roadblocks are forcing his driver to pay between 50 and 60 naira illegal tolls. Although almost all the officers,…
Extorting officers say IG of Police gets a share in roadblock extortion along Mafoluku and Oshodi Road
May I bring to your notice the high rate of extortion by men of the Nigerian police who claim to be on stop and search along the Mafoluku Road & Oshodi Road. It has become a culture that police men…
Police officers at National Assembly gate in extortion spree
By Citizen Keke Nigerians are now suffering again in the hands of Abuja policemen. These officers posted to various entrance gates of the National Assembly to secure the complex against Boko Haram attack are extorting staff before gaining entrance to…
Police officers at a Port Harcourt station demand N5000 bribe before attending to armed robbery complaints
By Citizen Andy This is my first time of getting to this site, and I like to thank those who created this platform for giving me the opportunity to write this message down. I reside in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.…
Nigeria Police Watch road trip exposes police officers’ intense corruption
In Nigeria, it is a public secret that the police mount roadblocks daily to extort drivers and other road users. Police authorities in the past accepted it is a menace and attempted to cub it, but till date it…
From across Nigeria, a litany of complaints against the police
Some of you recently sent us text messages complaining about issues against the police, reporting crime or commenting on police actions and conducts. We have published some of your complaints and comments below. You are encouraged to send us…
In Itigidi, Cross River State, commercial motorcyclists groan under extreme police extortion and harassment
By Citizen Isah The activities of policemen in Itigidi, Cross Rivers State, should be put to check. On a regular basis, police personnel on roadblocks extort money from motorcyclists plying that route. The officers mercilessly harasses every motorcyclists that drives…
Policemen at the Ewet Housing Police Division in Uyo demand bribes before attending to armed robbery
By Citizen Sammy It is only in our beloved country that such things happen! A senior friend of mine was robbed last thursday night on his way back from work. The bandits, who failed in their bid to kidnap him,…
“The Divisional Police Officer in Ewekoro is inept, unprofessional and corrupt”
By Citizen Bimpe The Nigeria Police Force is getting worse and worse by the day. The police are truly the friend of the society but some chaffs in the grains are spoiling the name of the force. Most of the…
Port Harcourt residents groan under illegal police “toll gates”
By Ukari C.Obene Why does the Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Police Force continue to pay lip service towards some of her corrupt officers’ attitude of mounting illegal roadblocks and extortion of money from innocent and law-abiding motorists on the streets…
Police demand bribes from victims of car theft
Kunle Oderemi It seems nothing constitutes a surprise among Nigerians any more, no matter how weird the incident and the circumstances surrounding it. Hitherto, strange things in the affairs of men are becoming a norm in our society. People are…