Undergraduate Student Allegedly Extorted,Brutalized By Men Of Anti-Cultism Police Unit In Rivers Narrates Ordeal

 

A three hundred level student of Rivers State University, faculty of Social Sciences, Eke Nwachukwu has alleged he was brutalized and fifty thousand naira extorted from him by some personnel of the Anti-cultism unit.

Mr Nwachukwu who narrated his ordeal to Journalists said on his way home last week Thursday, some persons on Wine coloured Sienna vehicle on black clothes intercepted the car that took him on a 'drop' at Rumuola and asked him to come down from the vehicle, which he did.

He said after the persons who turned out to be officials of Police Anti-Cultism unit searched him,they did not find anything incriminating ordered him to enter their vehicle.

"At that point, I insisted on knowing what my offence was and one of the officers gave me a slap while others started hitting him with some objects and later tied my hands and threw me into their vehicle as I continued to scream which attracted large number of  persons to the scene.''

Mr Nwachukwu further explained that they threw him into their vehicle and laid him down as three of the officers sat on him,at a point he started shouting that he can no longer breathe when one of the Police officers told his colleagues that they should sit him down."

The victim stated that he was taken to the office of the Anti-Cultism at Rupokwu where he was stripped to boxers and detained .

He revealed that the Investigating Police Officer tagged him a cultist and a 'yahoo' boy .

He said two of his friends came that morning and the Police told them to pay fifty thousand naira before he could be released .

The 'victim' noted that he was released after his friends paid fifty thousand naira.

Mr Nwachukwu added that justice be served in the matter.