Nigerian man recounts how police officers allegedly forced him to make a video claiming to be a Yahoo boy after extorting N150,000 from him

A young Nigerian man has described how men from the Federal Special Weapons and Tactics (FSWAT) harassed and extorted him at the Adeniji Central Police Station.

The officers stopped the young man, a music publicist simply identified as Boluwatife, on his way to Lekki on Thursday night, August 4.

He claimed the officers took him to their office in Adeniji Adele and extorted N150,000 from him while also forcing him to record a video claiming he was an internet fraudster known as Yahoo Boy.

On Twitter, he described the incident, writing,

“I was harassed & Robbed by members of FSWAT Adeniji Central police station, Lagos island last night. I’m still so traumatized from this. These people refused to let me call my dad or my friends, I was AWOL for 2 hours & I had to do thier bidding before I was released, I don’t pray for enemy to go through this. Sighhh”.

Read his full story below,