Police officers allegedly harass and extort man because he’s always indoors in Ilorin, Kwara

Operatives of the Ilorin, Kwara State Police Command have been accused of harassing and extorting a man because he’s always at home.

A Twitter user who revealed this in a Twitter post said his friend moved to the outskirts of Ilorin three months ago but police officers recently raided his house to harass him after neighbours reported him for always being indoors.

He said though his friend explained that he works remotely from home, his explanation got rejected by the officers and  still allegedly got manhandled and extorted  before he was released.

My friend moved to his house in the outskirts of Ilọrin 3 months ago.
Police went to his home this morning that he was reported to be staying indoors 2much. He told dem he's a remote worker but they said there's nothing remote about working. They took his phone so he…

— Ibrahim Kazeem (Content writer and SMM) (@peng_writer) December 6, 2022

@peng_writer tweeted,

“My friend moved to his house in the outskirts of Ilọrin 3 months ago.

Police went to his home this morning that he was reported to be staying indoors 2much. He told dem he’s a remote worker but they said there’s nothing remote about working. They took his phone so he won’t be able to follow up with his lawyer after reaching him.
They left him this night after harassing and extorting him.
Even in your house, you can sit down and injure your neck(read in yoruba).
A new low for the men in Aṣọ opo.
Sigh.”