{"id":60320,"date":"2022-02-27T21:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T20:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=60320"},"modified":"2022-02-27T20:03:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T19:03:21","slug":"this-one-na-yahoo-boy-lagos-police-cps-team-detains-nysc-member-demands-bribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/this-one-na-yahoo-boy-lagos-police-cps-team-detains-nysc-member-demands-bribe","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This one na Yahoo boy\u2019 \u2013 Lagos Police CP\u2019s team detains NYSC member, demands bribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Police in Lagos State arrested Olamilekan Daniel, a National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) member, Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The detainee currently works as a software developer with a PR\/Communications firm (name withheld) in the State.<\/p>\n<p>A police team picked the intern after complaining about his hairstyle, labelling him a \u2018Yahoo boy\u2019 (internet fraudster).<\/p>\n<p>Daniel was slapped, assaulted and taken to Araromi Police Station at Adamo in Ikorodu where he was asked to pay for his freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The personnel have been identified as CP Strike Team, Anti-Cultism and Anti-Kidnapping Unit (Ikorodu annex).<\/p>\n<p>A friend of Daniel, Patrick, recounted the ordeal to DAILY POST at the weekend, revealing that the victim is \u201cvery traumatized\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel is a corps member serving in Lagos, his family are based outside the State. He was forcefully taken from Adamo street in Ikorodu\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe and others were in a car looking for fuel and food when they were stopped. The police ordered all out, searched them and the car but found nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne then shouted \u2018This one na Yahoo boy, see him hair\u2019. Daniel told them he had a legitimate job but they didn\u2019t listen. He was beaten and his shirt torn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey took him away and kept him in detention, was not allowed access to his family. At the police station, they demanded N150,000, later reduced it to N100,000 then N50,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplaining that he didn\u2019t have money to pay, the policemen mocked him and said he will remain there till Monday for refusing to cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter several calls by friends and colleagues to the authorities, Daniel was released. The Chief Officer at Araromi Police Station apologized and gave him N500 for transport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel mentioned that they were about 14 of them detained unlawfully as at 8pm on Friday. Their families don\u2019t know they are there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne was picked from a keke and, from what I heard, would be taken to Ikeja on Saturday. We don\u2019t know what will become of those guys, they are helpless\u201d, he narrated.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST received information that the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, got furious after his attention was drawn to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The source said an officer called the Strike Team to convey Alabi\u2019s order for Daniel\u2019s immediate release. The Command is expected to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians are being detained arbitrarily despite countless promises by the leadership of security agencies to curtail the illegality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Police in Lagos State arrested Olamilekan Daniel, a National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) member, Thursday night. The detainee currently works as a software developer with a PR\/Communications firm (name withheld) in the State. A police team picked the intern after complaining about his hairstyle, labelling him a \u2018Yahoo boy\u2019 (internet fraudster). 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