Security Operative Caught On Camera In Imo State Demanding N10,000 Bribe At Checkpoint
Security Operative Caught On Camera In Imo State Demanding N10,000 Bribe At Checkpoint
In the footage, the operative is heard saying, “Go and collect N10,000 from your driver. Tell the driver to borrow you N10,000.”
A security operative at a checkpoint in Imo State has been caught on a video allegedly demanding a N10,000 bribe from a motorist after confiscating the victim’s mobile phone, apparently unaware that the device was still recording his face and the entire encounter.
The video, obtained by SaharaReporters, captured the moment the unidentified operative, who was seated inside a vehicle and dressed in black clothing with his head covered except for his face, instructed the victim to obtain money from the driver.
In the footage, the operative is heard saying, “Go and collect N10,000 from your driver. Tell the driver to borrow you N10,000.”
The officer appeared unaware that the phone he had taken from the man they stopped had remained on video recording, capturing both his face and the extortion attempt.
The suspected operative and his colleagues had stopped the young man at a checkpoint in Imo State before demanding money.
The recording, which has since circulated online, shows the operative seated inside a vehicle while speaking to the victim after taking possession of his phone. Despite seizing the device, he failed to realise that its camera was still recording, documenting his identity and the conversation.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that some human rights advocates, lawyers and civil society organisations warned that insecurity in Nigeria’s South-East could not be solved through force alone.
The stakeholders which stated this during the launch of the Southeast Human Rights Bureau (SEHRB), had also called for an end to torture, arbitrary arrests, prolonged detention, enforced disappearances and other alleged human rights violations in the region.
The resolutions were reached at the end of a two-day regional conference held on July 23 and 24, 2026, in Enugu and organised by the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) in collaboration with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), South-East-based civil society organisations, human rights institutions and development partners, with support from the Ford Foundation.
