Sars Officers Allegedly Tag Student Yahoo Boy, Extort 17k From Him
A Nigerian student simply identified as @da_yor on Twitter has taken to the platform to narrate how he was extorted by some SARS officers who called him a yahoo boy after checking his bitcoin wallet.
According to the Nigerian student, the incident occurred at Iwo Road in Osun State after he alighted from a bus going to board another going to Osogbo area of the state.
Here are tweets from the Nigerian student below;
My worst encounter with SARS Officer today @segalink. Exactly 12.30 today i entered Ibadan from Abeokuta. My bus stopped at Iwo road so I could get another bus going to my destination which is Osogbo.
Getting down I was approached by a SARS officer he asked for my name and a valid means of identification I told him my name and showed him my business card. He asked what I do for a living I said am a student and also into Cryptocurrency.
He immediately asked for my phone and I was open to giving it to him he checked over and over again and saw nothing. But my transactions and bitcoin wallet since he saw bitcoin transactions he tagged me a yahoo boy.
He said “See the way he dresses, he wears designer him be yahoo boy” I was still in shock and next thing he forced me into their car and took me to their station at AYEPE. Got their the so-called station was empty and it was just the three officers from the point where they stopped me.
Asked them for a valid means of identification but they refused to show me, he asked me for 50k to bail myself and he would allow me to leave. I told him am not paying anything that is not a Yahoo boy and since they cannot even bring any evidence against me.
He threatened to kill me and immediately two officers brought out their guns and pointed them at me and said that I should start making calls to people so they can send me money and they can leave me. I got scared and since I had nobody to talk to and felt am about to lose my life.
After that, I made some calls to friends and was able to raise some money they took me over to the WEMA BANK along new ife road and forced me to withdraw 17,000.
They are really becoming a threat to the society. So right now in Nigeria, you cannot dress well again? If you dress well automatically that makes you a Yahoo boy. They look like thieves no identity card or any other means of identification.
I was surprised a law enforcement officer could go this length to extort money from me since he had a gun to threaten me and threatened to waste my life all in the name of taking money from me.
I’m glad am safe now after all they collected money from me I was just thankful to my friends that were able to help me cos I would never imagine what could have happened if there was no money to give them. #EndSARS #StopTheBrutality
I was surprised a law enforcement officer could go this length to extort money from me since he had gun to threaten me and threatened to waste my life all in the name of taking money from me.
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018
I'm glad am safe now after all they collected money from me i was just thankful to my friends that was able to help me cos i would never imagine what could have happened if their was no money to give them. #EndSARS #StopTheBrutality
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018
They didn't see anything incriminating on my phone just because i sell and buy bitcoin and some other cryptocurrency am a criminal.
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018
I go very scared nobody to talk to the station they took me to at AYEPE was empty just unidentified SARS carrying gun and all looking like some thugs
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018
Imagine it's only in Nigeria you don't have privacy. SARS see you look good and next you are a Yahoo boy.
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018
I thank God, i still feel pains tho. They hit me with a gun when i told them i won't give them a dime.
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018
Bro i know how mad they are at Igando side, get out of bus like this next thing you see is they grab you and next thing you hear is who are you? I once came over to visit my uncle that stays at Akesan
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018
Ma'am that's not right i was harassed today just because they see i deal wit cryptocurrency they tagged me a yahoo boy nd next thing is took me to a station in AYEPE Threatened to kill me if i don't pay them.
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018
This isn't about being scared of death bro. So many innocent people have fall victim of this and in the end the Government has nothing to say to it. Please just stay away from them.
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018
Talk anyhow they slap or hit you cos they have guns. Can't even count the number of times they hit me today. I was just praying i get out of there unharmed
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018
Confronting them changes nothing if the Government isn't ready to do anything. If you have issues with them and you ain't ready to give them what they want my Guy i don't know what might happen to you. Who do you wanna sue someone you can't even identify?
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018
Them go just change am for you. They can easily say you are a cultist and making you look guilty for what you didn't do. Guy you really don't know how this is, you think this is America. Wake up this is fucked up Nigeria
— Pleased! رضوان (@da_yor) August 11, 2018