A lady has narrated a very troubling encounter she had with SARS
officers who harassed her in Port Harcourt. Olorogun Mabel Peters said
she woke up sick and went to get drugs but by the time she got back to
her estate, some armed officer approached her and asked for her papers.
When they saw that the papers were complete, they asked for her company
ID and she explained she doesn't have it on her at the moment. They
immediately accused her of stealing a car and drove her to the station
where they then changed their story and claimed that she is one of the
criminals they received a call about. They ended up detaining her and
seized her phone. She went on to accuse one of the officers of
sexual harassment while she was in their custody. She said they
eventually asked her to pay N100,00 and drove her to an ATM to withdraw
the money.She wrote:@opetodolapo Today is definitely one of my worst
days.. I woke up a bit feverish with slight headache so I cancelled my
activities for the day, at about 6:30pm I decided to go get
drugs,because my condition seemed to be getting serious and also get
pizza for my mum just 7mins drive away from my estate..On getting back
to my estate, a blue Prado jeep stopped right in front of me and some
armed men on uniform came out asking me to park for a search, I obliged,
they went through all the vehicle papers and drivers license etc very
much complete..The next question I was asked was they needed to see my
company Id ,I tried to explain to them I didn't have it on me because I
just drove out to get pizza from the next bus stop and they said I was
under arrest for stealing a vehicle and I couldn't give them an ID of
where I work, I obliged and we drove to their station and the whole
story changed..One of the officers made a phone call and he said I was
among the criminals they received a call about.. I tried to beg, I even
showed proof of the medications I got, they gave me a paper to make a
statement,in the process they took my phones from me and started going
through my phone, from my chats call logs down to my bank mails
etc....After spending 2hrs with them they demanded for a sum of 2million
naira as my bail,for a crime I do not know.. This is pure wickedness
and evil... I never stole, robbed, violated any rules etc... We finally
came to an agreement after keeping me hostage from 6pm till 12am that I
should pay them 100,000naira..One of the officers even approached me
trying to sexually harass me!! This same men didn't even mind the time
they comfortably drove me to an ATM machine so I could make a withdrawal
for them... These men are criminals!!I was granted bail by 1:30am after
spending 7good hours... Someone's hard earn money This Is totally
unacceptable, Are you guys not meant to be protecting lives ? Why will
you extort someone of their hard earn sweat!! I thought SARS had
ended... (officers names are : officer Matt, Emma, security, Friday)
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