Ikpumbe1:

They collected another twenty one thousand naira to release the vehicle today. In total, fifty one thousand five hundred naira was extorted from us. I need justice...

Wartsnigeria:
There's more to this story, let's even assume your number is fake, the highest they would do is to impound your vehicle until you prove that the license plates are original or give them money which is what they are rally after, stripping you and locking you up is so not normal, we all know they are mad but not to this extent. Police also would not two your vehicle when they Caan force you to drive it to their station, you probably skipped some part of the stroy.

Ikpumbe1:

There is nothing more to it. I just wanted to remove my car from their premises before the fight starts. They can be wicked to destroy the car.

HIV1:
Nigeria is a jungle. The wife of policemen will not read this now, when touts now start killing their husbands, that is when they will go on NTA; shouting Nigerians are weekend.

xperiencelove:
OP, can I escalate it? I can PM FRSC. Should I go on? Also I will need your number plate cos it will be required.

CVhurb:
Whose duty is it if I may ask...FRSC?

ruggedtimi:
wicked..

FirstCounsel:
I'll keep an eye on this thread to know how you resolved this issue eventually. Make sure those brigands pay for this nonsense.

replete:

what does it mean when your vehicle color on the verification page says custom and not the actual colour?
cc: pattybf

owolabi5:
The sad truth is that the policemen were extortionist and since it appeared on the Lagos State Database (verify.autoreg.ng), they should have backed out.

Unfortunately it is not the duty of the police to identify fake particulars because they don't have that capability, they are expected to provide security in detecting stolen vehicles, criminals in transit etc.

Checking particulars validity ceased to be a duty of The Nigeria Police when VIO was craved out of her in 1967. But this is Nigeria!

HeavenlyBang:


That's your mistake. You shouldn't be peaceful with them at all; you're in the right and shouldn't be taking nonsense. From the start, you don suppose dey shout for them.

My plate still isn't showing on the Lagos FRSC website, but I've verified it internally. Any policeman wey go come tell me rubbish go prepare shoot me before I allow am use me catch their yeye cruise.

ShenTeh:
Very sad.

All of us blaming the op for being too gentle would have also been the first to blame him for lossing his life arguing with our trigger-happy policemen instead of playing along and later come out to fight.

There are no hard and fast rules in dealing with security agencies in Nigeria. You fight, you withdraw, you shout you smile, you joke you cry, you loss your time or and your money by force or willingly, etc. Whatever happens just ensure you don't loss your life, else fellow downtrodden citizens will blame you.

We need to get the leaders of those given the instruments of coersion to explain how they turn these instruments of protection to those of extortion.

It is sad. This is only one amongst a thousand other extortionist endeavours of our security agencies.

#EndPoliceBrutalityInNigeria

leisuretym:


The police do not do this in the north, the government should better implement all endsars demands now or else the next one would consume them and all those looters

Ikpumbe1:
On 29/12/2020 in Aba, I was stopped by a group of police men while driving myself and family members on my 2005 honda accord. The police men wore just police camouflage polos with no displayed Identity card, name tag or force number and were carrying AK-47 rifles. I was driving my 2005 honda accord car with Lagos registration number.

Inside the car were my two younger brothers, my younger sister, my wife and my one year old baby. The police men requested for my vehicle papers and driver's license which I handed over to them. They said that my license registration number is fake. They showed me an FRSC web page where they ran my plate number and it displayed "Invalid".

I explained to them that the number was duly registered in Lagos and that the plate number was gotten via legal channels and there is no way it can be fake. They wouldn't hear of that. I demanded that they allow me call who registered the vehicle for me which I did. The agent that registered the vehicle for me is a colleague of mine in the office that has connection with FRSC.

He explained to me that Lagos is the only state that produces their plate number themselves and that sometimes they don't upload it on FRSC database. So, that the number doesn't show on FRSC database doesn't mean that it's fake. He gave me Lagos autoreg verification website(verify.autoreg.ng) to give the policemen to verify the plate number . I personally verified my number on the autoreg website and it showed valid. I tried explaining these to the policemen but they wouldn't hear the explanation.

They collected the car keys from me to drive the car to their station but couldn't start the car after several attempts. They ordered I and my younger brother into their miniature mitsubishi bus and took us to their station. They later took my brother back to the car location and towed the vehicle to their station.

They told me to UnCloth to my boxer shorts and detained me inside their cell(the condition of the cell is story for another day). I was detained for approximately 6hours till my dad came and they collected thirty thousand naira from him before releasing me. The DPO ordered for my release after my father intervened and is most likely aware of the thirty thousand that was paid before I was released.

He(DPO) said my vehicle should not be released till they conclude investigation on the license plate issue. They defrauded 30k from my father to effect my release when I committed no crime. My vehicle was duly registered in Lagos which can be verified on autoreg website. They detained me for no just cause for 6hours in a filthy cell that is not fit for lower animals let alone a human being. They refused to release my vehicle till this moment thereby causing a lot of hardship to my family for someone that visited home for Xmas.


I have resolved to fight the humiliation I am suffering in their hands with everything I have got. I just want to be sure that what my agent told me is the truth. Is a plate showing on autoreg but not on FRSC database fake? How can I prove that my plate number is authentic?
Please gurus should respond.

Ikpumbe1:

I like exhausting all peaceful options before hitting hard. That is part of my options.

muymacho:


Since you know something and you are a policeman, can you clarify police business with checking validity of plate number and driving to station instead of handing the car over to VIO?

adedehinbo:
if you be part of those useless police,your own go soon be

Derring:

What rubbish are you saying mister man?

nyiamfrank:
we don't see gallant mumu like una and you know where e dey always end!

nyiamfrank:
we don't see gallant mumu like una and you know where e dey always end!

Control7:


You are just being gentle with them and putting yourself at the mercy of the DPO/whoever is in charge.

Go on Twitter, create a tread, tagg Police CRU unit, Segalink, ACP Isiaku, you can also call +2348057000003 (NPF control room Abuja). You will get your money back with an apology.