On the 10th of August between 11:45am to 12:30pm, I boarded a motorized tricycle (popularly referred to as Marwa) from around Marcity bus stop to Ago-round about.

I was on my way to repair my laptop since it was faulty and had it in my laptop bag. I was browsing on my phone and was seated at the back seat of the Marwa and was the only passenger aboard while the driver looked for more passengers along the way.

On getting towards Century bus stop, a policeman carrying a machine gun in front of the Ago-Okota Police Divison beckoned on the Marwa driver to slow down. The policeman who stopped us was dark in complexion, around his mid twenties to early thirties, of average height and slightly plump & was wearing the black and black police unifor. From their exchanges (between the policeman and the Marwa driver), I could tell they had met before. The policeman then turned and saw me browsing on mobile with my laptop bag on my laps. He asked me to get down from the Marwa which I did. I tried to find out what I had done wrong but he gave me no explanation and asked me to follow him to the station and left the Marwa driver to go. He also stopped another lad from the Marwa behind my own and asked him to come along with him to the station. No introduction or the reason why we were stopped was given.

We entered through the gates of the Ago-Okota police station and followed the police man to the first bungalow on the left. There we saw a few other policemen and other people they had most likely stopped before we came. The policeman who brought me in then asked another young looking lad in plain clothes who was probably a policeman to search me. The man that was asked to search me was dark in complexion, slim, of average height and probably between the ages of 24-30.

During the search, this young policeman started with the question “May I know you and where you work?” I gave him my National ID card and told him that I was unemployed. I then explained that I was on my way to repair my laptop and requested why I was brought to the station as the previous policeman did not have the courtesy of introducing himself or telling me why I was brought to the station. The policeman then told me that they were conducting a stop and search operation and then proceeded to search my pockets.

He then collected my mobile phone and started going through my gallery, contacts, messages, bbm chats, whatsapp chats and other personal and social media accounts. I then asked him why he was reading through my personal messages and social media accounts to which he responded that it was part of the stop and search operation. This part infuriated me but I managed to keep my calm. He spent about 15 mins going through my private messages after which to search my laptop bag.

I told him I had nothing to hide and showed him my laptop bag. He then collected my laptop and tried to on it but because it was faulty, it refused to boot. After spending about 5mins trying to on it, he asked for my laptop charger and asked his colleague called Idowu to help him plug the charger to the socket. Obviously, he thought the laptop battery must have been drained and wanted to attempt powering it on again while plugged into the socket.

On plugging the laptop to power, he attempted several times to on my laptop to no avail. Feeling frustrated, he gave me back my laptop, charger and phone and told me that I could go.

I left that police station feeling very violated and angry. I have never had my privacy so invaded in my life and the worst part was that it was done by the police force that are meant to be protecting life and property. I am however thankful to God that I got out in one piece and that no false story was fabricated against me while in the police station. I have heard countless stories of the police making up stories against innocent citizens.

It is time for things to really change in this country. The Nigerian Police Force is beyond corrupt and the Ago-Okota Division in Lagos State is one of the most corrupt divisions in the country. I pray that we do not continue like this in country and that all corrupt officers in the police force and other parastatals are weeded out and made to face the music.

From this my experience, I can confidently tell you that there are lots of innocent souls languishing in prisons for no just cause as the Nigeria Police Force only recognizes money as its friend. They are not interested in protecting lives and property but in extorting money from innocent civilians. May God save in this country because what we have are thieves in uniform.

You should count yourself lucky.

You were not shot?not told to bring money for bail?not slapped?not locked up?encountering and walking away from the Nigeria Police like you did, to some deserves some kind of testimony in Church.

Just shake it off and move on. It could have been worse.

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U felt violated, sorry..........d problem is dat some police officers behave like little kids on uniform......bt its to be expected when unemployment becomes d sole reason 4 fighting crime,

PASSION
Few of them are doing that job with passion. If they have no passion for the job, they will certainly be overwhelmed with d love of money, which they would do anything to get.

HOW MUCH IS THE GOVERNMENT PAYING THEM ACTUALLY
lets be sincere, how much is their salary. Putting myself in their shoe. If i am collecting just small salary and I'm risking my life to protect people. Forget, someday i will get tired.

I tink Government should just pity them. Even some of their barracks is like a poultry. Let government take care of them and supervise every of their actions. They will change.

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My brother, i understand you. I thank God for you that e nor pas that stage. You were not detained and forgotten in the cell. No thorough beating, not even a slap. Thank God. I pray Nigerian Police Force change.
#God bless Nigeria.

jaymejate:
PASSION
Few of them are doing that job with passion. If they have no passion for the job, they will certainly be overwhelmed with d love of money, which they would do anything to get.

HOW MUCH IS THE GOVERNMENT PAYING THEM ACTUALLY
lets be sincere, how much is their salary. Putting myself in their shoe. If i am collecting just small salary and I'm risking my life to protect people. Forget, someday i will get tired.

I tink Government should just pity them. Even some of their barracks is like a poultry. Let government take care of them and supervise every of their actions. They will change.

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My brother, i understand you. I thank God for you that e nor pas that stage. You were not detained and forgotten in the cell. No thorough beating, not even a slap. Thank God. I pray Nigerian Police Force change.
#God bless Nigeria.

guy, u be policeman