A student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Sanni Faruk, has accused some policemen attached to the Meiran Police Division in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State of extorting N155,000 meant for his hostel fee.

The student said he was heading to school from home on Sunday, February 12, when the officers stopped the bus he was in at the Abule Egba area of the community. He said the policemen asked him to alight and searched him.

Faruk, who said nothing was found on him, further disclosed that the officers took him into their van and drove him to their police station, where he was asked to transfer the money to an account.

He said, “After searching me and they did not find any exhibit on me, they asked me to follow them to the station and when I asked them what my offence was, they did not say anything. I later obliged and entered the van. When we got to the station, they checked my phone and saw some transactions on it. That was when they asked me to transfer N155,000 from my account. After then, one of the officers again asked me to transfer another N5,000 for airtime recharge.