Do you know that the colonial Nigerian police force were not allowed to use guns but only sticks to enforce the law?

That is why they got the name "olópàá" from the Yoruba people which translates to "A person with a stick"

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Since they don't use batons anymore but are synonymous with bribes, is it safe to call them 'egunje' now?

Lolz

NwaAmaikpe:




Now that they don't use batons anymore but are synonymous with bribes, is it safe to call them 'egunje' now?

NwaAmaikpe:




Since they don't use batons anymore but are synonymous with bribes, is it safe to call them 'egunje' now?

"Egunjekpa" u mean right

NwaAmaikpe:




Since they don't use batons anymore but are synonymous with bribes, is it safe to call them 'egunje' now?

Wobiliki Wobia

In hausa they are called DANSANDA, SANDA means stick

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Maybe we should rename them to "onibon"

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Since they don't use batons anymore but are synonymous with bribes, is it safe to call them 'egunje' now?

lol i support this...

That horrible coat in the hot African sun.

Wow

So they have been useless from inception, eehhhh!!!

This thread is for yorobers, op do well to specify that next time.

Modified

I can see some hateful yorobers were pained by my comment.

Oh well, it's expected of them.

Is that the meaning in hausa language?

yarimo:
In hausa they are called DANSANDA, SANDA means stick

My grandfather used to be a policeman. They were once respectable, before corrupion crept into the force.

Absolutely yes and it seems like that it's only in Africa continents,that they don't have much respect as before

ChiefkeefGB4:
My grandfather used to be a policeman. They were once respectable, before corrupion crept into the force.

They are gunners now then.

Olopa .. People with sticks

They looked smart but the nature of crime has changed hence they need to carry weapons







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This batons we're enough during the colonial rule because Armed robbers weren't also carrying guns before the civil war.

Although, organized armed robbery gangs was started in Nigeria by Bello Jaguda (a former failed musician from Ilorin who moved to Lagos) in 1920, their weapons were mostly limited.

After the civil war, a large number of Nigeria who already knew how to operate guns were disengaged into the civilian population. This was the beginning of sophisticated armed robbery in Nigeria.

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Do you know that the colonial Nigerian police force were not allowed to use guns but only sticks to enforce the law?

That is why they got the name "olópàá" from the Yoruba people which translates to "A person with a stick"

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oyatz:
This batons we're enough during the colonial rule because Armed robbers weren't also carrying guns before the civil war.

Although, organized armed robbery gangs was started in Nigeria by Bello Jaguda (a former failed musician from Ilorin who moved to Lagos) in 1920, their weapons were mostly limited.

After the civil war, a large number of Nigeria who already knew how to operate guns were disengaged into the civilian population. This was the beginning of sophisticated armed robbery in Nigeria.

make them use stick na, na their you go see say, them dey beat police wey go shiit for yansh, see as those olopa pose, with their jacket wey get massive pocket, bribe go sweet collect gan.

Good old days

Now adays they carry ak 47 to intimidate civilians

But down here in Benin
We call them kporkpor

To use stick to do wetin na. Were people seem as goats then?

Plz can Nigeria police force go back to that era?

Thanks

"Onibribe" now I guess

Olopaa don turn to Oniibun.

They are called olopa because they low lives. IMO