ebby9z:

Do you think if the girl had reported the debt to the police, the police would have taken the woman to court? The girl was desperate and powerless, and remember she's but a teenager. There's no excuse for committing that crime of threat to lifebut all we are saying is that the woman strong-armed the case due to her economic advantage.

Tfbaby:
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I know you are mad

blueseacats:
If it's true that she owes her salary. In sane countries, owing every debt is not a crime but workers salary is.

Acidosis:


I know you're a poor f00lish ediot with no iota of sense.

Its not hard to deduce your profound occupation...you frustrated blackmailer and threat issuer.


Even if I owe you N30 billion, try and send me a threat message and see how I will sue your entire generation..

Acidosis:


We have juvenile prisons all over the world. Some younger than her kidnap their madam's babies only to sell to Evans and baby factory owners; we have seen too many cases like this.

I don't believe the woman 'strong-armed' the case due to economic advantage. Poor men are desperate people. I don't underestimate threat messages. Even if I owe you 30 billion, you have no right whatsoever to threaten my life.

madbuhari:
and why is the boss owning her ? why not called it a bluff and pay the poor girl whatever money she owns , what gain is the boss going to have for drowning unnecessary attentions to him self, do you knw how it felt to work for full calendar month and at the end of the month they Deny u ur well deserves entitlement nah ur type dey own people months of arrears... the money he take call police is enough to settle the damn poor girl,

andyanders:


The threat txt msg is wrong and a very serious issue despite the wrongs done by the woman. She underestimated the gravity of her action.

Sending someone threat txt msgs is a very serious offense. Some people think that their txt msg is just an ordinary msg.

What if somehow later she get cult people involved by even sleeping with them and giving them the woman's info? That could result to death.

People should learn to be careful when sending any form of threat txt msgs to anyone they have issues with. If the woman happens to get attacked by armed robbers of which she never knew, she will be arrested as the first suspect .

Fearlez:
I don't think the madam responded in malice or punitively.

If you read the story well, she called her husband, that's panic action to me. No one sends threat message promising to harm your family and it becomes just an empty threat.

Furthermore, no one knows if she worked the whole month before seeking permission to travel. We also didn't know if she overstayed the agreed time as madam had already gotten a new sales girl. It's still a one-sided story.

Be that as it may, if I owe someone money and he/threatens to harm my family--if kids are involved-- a lady will genuinely react in a preemptive manner to protect the family.

ebby9z:


Don't you think it's hypocritical for you to breach contract and not care to fulfill your obligations, while crying hoarse over a threat text. The girl was not begging her for money. It's her right. We should look into that too. If the woman can spend a lot to have the girl locked up and not balance the 6k. Then it's obvious she merely wanted to cheat the girl because of her status

Enoquin:


Your summation and that of @fearlez is funny and at the same time not so. If you both think that all Nigerian kids have smart devices with which they can connect to the internet much less know who Kim Kardashian is, then you both might not live in Nigeria and if you do, live only amongst the affluent who have no idea how the rest of Nigeria lives. Just so you know, there are many - adults and teens who do not have any idea about the internet much less how to navigate it.

Also, going to the police station is not something many people want to do; most poor and unenlightened folks see the police in another light.

She is just another average Nigerian teen with no idea on how to go about her ordeal and then resorting to threats after I am sure much pleas or several neutral messages had been sent with no effect. I wish she had been educated instead of being thrown in jail.

madbuhari:
for the sake of peace , why not give her the money and let her go her way , women always like to maintain stiffness when dealing with female employee

joe4real12:

You and I know that the text msg was sent out of anger.
It's high time we all use our conscience whenever we do our job.
With the magistrates decision, it's likely she will remain behind bars for a long time.
By the time she comes out more angry, she could become a threat, not just to her former employer, but to the society at large.
Blind justice only creates more angry criminals.

Fearlez:
And get an assurance that it would never morph into a means of extortion later?

She did the right thing getting her hubby involved. The girl should get her 6k and sign an undertaking.

madbuhari:
and how will the poor girl make her an avenue of extortion the money they carry give police can offset the dept thrice... most Nigeria men are manipulate by their spouse, and that man his case is not different

Fearlez:
When serious threat is made especially in today's Nigeria where kidnapping and violent robberies have become routine occurrences, the threat to violence should b taken seriously without natively underestimating the capabilities of the threat issuer.

No one is doubly sure. I know it's a case of David and Goliath and sympathies are naturally tilting towards the "poor" girl. But I would be foolish to take a threat like that for granted.

Acidosis:


Can we apply the same principle to Evans, after all, he has apologized to the whole nation?

madbuhari:
but u agreed with me the madam manipulate the husband to involve police the threat should not be rule out, but if I'm the man I will settle it amicably without involving police... most men are weakly and always like to do madam saying.... its good to act like a man at times

joe4real12:

You and I know that the text msg was sent out of anger.
It's high time we all use our conscience whenever we do our job.
With the magistrates decision, it's likely she will remain behind bars for a long time.
By the time she comes out more angry, she could become a threat, not just to her former employer, but to the society at large.
Blind justice only creates more angry criminals.

Fearlez:


I wouldn't know of manipulation. She sent the threat via SMS. That is bold, serious and dangerous.

Husband is several hundreds of miles in Abuja. He too should be anxious about his family's safety.

madbuhari:
the husband acted swiftly without given a listening ear to the poor girl... even as that... best weapon you can use to neutralize ur enemy is to show him/her love... believe me she will regret her action.... Nigeria women self I wonder the kind charm he used on this ogamadam

bentlywills:
FTC in a new week

Good things re coming

Just threat the woman dn call police.....forgetting she is the one who needs to be arrested God will judge dat boss

kunletexs:
OGA the law, i smiled when i read stories like this? even the politicians break even more laws than the the citizens, so leave that, so what is the punishment for refusal to pay someone's salary? oya educate us, because if the girl commit crime (i do not agree) so the woman commit more crime, so both should be thrown into cell.

but in nigeria, laws are made for the poor but the rich can buy their way out. (saraki is an example)

all the examples you gave are plainly because we have a retarded government, police force and even the judiciaries are not left out, i have watched a lot of law documentary which bothers on small offenses like the ones you displayed here, there is settling out of court, there is committee service, there are more than 1 approach to this petty crime so not everything is settled in throw inside prison like we do have here.

kjhova:


My jolly good friend. I am not a lawyer but I have had a few cases in court, both as plaintif and defendant. I can educate you on a few things.

1) Everyone breaks laws routinely in Nigeria (either politicians or electorate) and going scot free is not licence to continue.
2) The punishment for refusal to pay salary is encoded in our contract laws and is only enforceable upon litigation by the agreived.
3) The young woman (she is 18yrs old and is thus not a girl) committed the offence of "threat to life and property".
4) You want to hear the truth? The law is heavier on the poor than the rich all over the world including and most especially in America.
5) Law documentaries and movies on cable TV is not same as real life litigation. Much as nollywood isn't same as a real hood!
6) Threat, via phone call and SMS, to cause bodily and/or material harm is not "petty crime" under the law.

My last comment, for your enlightment, is that the first party to report a case is always at an advantage over the accused and secondly, in reality, legal argument matters more than facts in court.

Namashte.

Acidosis:


Can we apply the same principle to Evans, after all, he has apologized to the whole nation?

Fearlez:
You must have voodoo powers by which you can actually analyse this girl's intentions and motives independent of her actions.

Op says she's done her SS3 so that doesn't make her an ignorant girl as you suggest. Second, I believe sales girl require one or two sureties before they are employed and in a case of salary dispute, her sureties should have stepped in especially as her appointment had been terminated.

*Does your voodoo powers know if she overstayed her short leave? Or I she actually worked a whole month?

* Do you know her background and upbringing? Because I don't see the "average" Nigerian girl sending threat messages about harming her madman's family over 6k salary areas

* I think your voodoo powers should know the madam lives away from the husband and reacted in pure fright.

* She called hubby who's in abj and he too reacted with trepidation as he wasn't physically present to get the police involved.

* SS3 graduate is old and educated enough at 18 not to become so grossly silly.

Jaynom:
Haba! This is unfair. Her Employer is a callous woman. She wanted to travel, you agreed to it only for you to replace (Which I understand) and not pay her. She's 18 and naïve and I believe she threatened her Employer out of frustration(the economy's bad), Naivety got the best of her. Oga Judge didn't temper justice with mercy at all. Madam employer agreement is agreement o! If she had N50,000 she wouldn't be a sales girl in the first place. Kai! And they say the judiciary is the last hope of the Common Man. Smh

Enoquin:


And here I thought I was quoting someone that would counter my points via a logical discourse, didn't know I quoted someone well grounded in vodooism. My bad.