Two days ago, on my way home from work around 9pm, I was stopped by some police men for carrying a laptop. The mistake I made was I did not have the receipt and my ID on me. They put me in a danfo bus and headed to their station. On the way they picked up anybody they saw that had a bag on them. There was even a guy that had a laptop with him with his ID card and receipt that they picked "cause he was walking around with a laptop alone". They seized all our phones till we got to the police station.

When we got to the police station they separated those of us that had laptops from those that didn't. All of us with laptops were branded yahoo boys. They told us to turn on our systems so they can analyse what was on the system. When I switched on my own they saw visual studio with codes and sql server open (I am a developer) and they concluded that that was the software that I use in scamming my clients. After punching and slapping me for not telling them the truth of how I do my operation (they opened my yahoomail account and saw nothing that suggested that I was a yahoo guy), they packed my bag with my laptop and locked me in a cell(there were about 20 guys in the cell). They allowed me to make some calls before they locked me up.

My folks later came to bail me out around 2 in the morning and can you imagine that after collecting money for bail they asked for money from me to collect my belongings that was with them (They said I had to pay for the fuel money)

I got home and I was thinking

a. Are we saying that someone with a laptop cannot work around with it, even if the person has a receipt and an ID card?
b. How many people have they kept in the cell without any just reason or just cause "they were walking alone"?
c. Is there no agency that punishes law enforcers for abusing their power?
d. What training do the officers go through for them to separate a developer, photo editor, graphics designer from a yahoo guy?
e. How do we want to develop ourselves in the field of ICT when everybody that carries a laptop is called a yahoo guy?

Really sad what the Nigerian police has become

They are simply insane. Just like politicians,
They portray themselves as doing work wen all they do is meaningless accussation and exploitation. Who says bail is free?

Hmm. My broda. Not only you because even my self have experience such of stupid act from so call police men in Lagos


Fist day I arrived at Lagos , have pick a taxi drop from international airport to my hotel logd in fastack , when I reach at apple junction then the story was totally changed, after all set and done I have to bail my self with 50k. because i was carrying 2 laptop, 70 prices of gorge , with 20 pics of bold 5 bb, also with 2 Samsung galaxy phone, and 2 iPhone , including my personal belongins

Nigerian Police?














That's a great puzzle to be solved!

police is your enemy

HMmmmmm

Police= what I can describe

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back to d thread ,op take heart ,it's Christmas

Story for de gods

Police is your friend indeed And someone said that their children are always useless... Tell me what they gain from all these wicked act

My bro, take heart. Remember this is DECEMBER and the men of the underworld Nigerian Police are looking for preys so their families can have a good festive experience.

Sai buhari


Its unfortunate that the society we find ourselves in equates owing a laptop with possesing a gun. When travelling to lagos and stopping at berger, there are criminals in mufty claiming to be policemen with blunt ID cards hunting for anyone with laptops, ipads or high tech phones. What amazes me is the immediate conclusion that possession of such gadgets means you are a cyber criminal. They brutalize people who earn a living legally without listening to explanations because they found a laptop on them. The question is why are the superior authorities turning blind eye to this assualt How is our society going to develop when students and researchers cant move freely with laptops It's a sorry case and this is what you get when you employ a pry 6 holder into the police force. They are just too ignorant

until una realize say police na our enemy for this country

Sorry! You know, this is festive season, they have to settle their family. Honestly, they are eating gall. They think they can use their profession to professionally rob the masses. One thing I know is that, they will soon reap the repercaussion.

nigerian police is the most disgraceful institution in this country.

Nothing. But Op, from your observations what do you think is wrong with them?

sorry brother....



This is Nigeria,you have no one to complain to.

So pathetic. Sorry bro for that experience. Still don't know what their Oga at the top is doing about this. I almost had similar experience back then in school

sue them all

That's Naija police for you...You should be thankful u have people who can afford to bail you. All this impunity will stop by 2015 when that Otuoke man goes back to his zoo.

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This happen where pls?

@OP,
What is the name of the Police station you were taken to?

Pictures Or......

Nigeria needs reformation, renaming, rebranding, renovation, rehabilitation, restructuring and re-everything in all parastatals.

Hmmm



nawao

this sme thing happened to mw on the first of september. i never got to the cell tho https://www.nairaland.com/1883366/remember-remember-first-september

And if you touch them now they will say they are doing there job! Hiss

Call your Barrister and sue them for infringement on your fundamental human right.

Police men are BEASTS.




MAD MEN IN UNIFORM WITH AK47.