On October 2019, I got kidnapped by SARS, I was less than 2 mins from my home, they refused to listen to anything I said and took me from Lekki, to Ajah then all the way to Ikoyi, whilst stopping and harassing other young adults, I’m not sure how many cars they stopped and robbed https://twitter.com/markessien/status/1314431249340149760

They took my phones, wallet, house key, my Apple Watch, didn’t care about my ID cards and claimed I was a Yahoo Boy because I had messages on telegram with foreigners. They demanded N1m from me, made a “fake” phone call to their commander, and said I would sleep in prison.

They stopped at the end of Eko Bridge and demanded more money before driving me to somewhere on the mainland near the international airport. I don’t keep a lot of Naira on me as am long Bitcoin, and only had N51,000 in my account, which they asked me to withdraw at a UBA ATM

They forced me to open my US bank accounts and said I should transfer USD from my Bank of America account to my GTB. I cried and prayed because I didn't know what to do and couldn't understand why and how this was happening. It was one of the scariest experiences of my life

I couldn’t call anyone, no one knew where I was, and if they harmed or killed me, there was nothing that would have happened to them, it didn’t matter what I had done, or who I was, all they saw was a young man and they were hell-bent on taking as much they could from.

SARS must be banned! They have no place in Nigeria and we must hold our government and leaders accountable. This could be any of us, we shouldn't wait until we lose a loved one before we take action!

As young Nigerians, there are so many times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest #EndSARS

This all happened between 10.30pm to 1.30am -- I pray even my worst enemies don't go through the experience I went through! #ItCouldBeYouTomorrow #EndSARS