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Man Arrested, Handcuffed & Extorted N50,000 By SARS Officers For Keeping Beards [Video]

A Nigerian Engineer identified as Tochi Nwawuba, has taken to his social media page to share a video, narrating his ordeal in the hands of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) officers for keeping beards.

Sharing the video, Nwawuba said he was on his way coming back from work when he was stopped and arrested by SARS officials at Lekki Phase 1 because of his beards.

He further claimed that the security operatives demanded a N200k from him to bail himself out on the road.

The engineer said he however secured his freedom with N50K as they insisted on being granted access to his phone and laptop. He wrote:

“I was arrested yesterday by SARS on my way from work….my bears is now Nigeria problem despite I told them my profession as an engineer with my ID but them no wan gree hear my own, all they want to do is to open my phone and laptop that was at the back of my car and me self no gree for them too and this was how I was kept like a criminal at lekki phase1 last night and was asking 200k for my bailout on the road, may God help us in this country becos we have no human right in Nigeria but I later pay 50k cash that was with me to them on the road becos they told me they will shoot me and put a crime on my head if I don’t cooperate with them.”

Watch the video below:

Tobias Sylvester

Tobias Sylvester is the news editor for Kanyi Daily News and is based in Lagos. Contact Tobias at editor@kanyidaily.com. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here

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