EDO YOUTHS ARREST CORRUPT POLICE OFFICERS.”
Police officers and local vigilantes caught collecting bribes from motorists along the Auchi-Aviele Road in Edo State were confronted and disrupted by a group of local youths.
The youths took swift action against the security personnel, demanding that they be searched. During the confrontation, they recovered approximately ₦4,200 believed to have been extorted from commercial motorcyclists and motorists. They also sternly warned the officers to immediately desist from harassing road users in the area.
Speaking on the incident, the youth leader explained that since they could not identify the specific motorists to return the money to, he intended to hand over the recovered cash to the Area Commander.
He further called on the Edo State Commissioner of Police to investigate the officers attached to the Agbede Police Station.
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