My dear people, I was passing in front of the Festac police station today and i noticed a "detainee" pleading his case (it seemed) with some policemen in front of the station. Well the thing that struck my attention was that he was in boxers. And then the question was posed "Why do the Nigerian Police strip you down to your pants before they put you in cell?" why dont they, for all intent and purposes, search you and then place you in the cell? The phenomenon is the same for all sorts of crime: whether you are a suspect, innocent or guilt. A night in the cell often means you are going to be stripped. A friend of mine suggested that it was because policemen are simply inhumane people who just want to see you suffer knowing that mosquito will feast on you better with clothes off. Is this the way it is done in other parts of the world? What do you think?

I once asked one of them and he said its to prevent violent suspects from turning their item of clothings into weapons to attack other inmates or to hang themselves in the case of suicide.

Wow. So is it legal?And lets not also forget that any money found on you at that time na sara...Plus as you are entering the cell, the presido will already be informing you to hold your inmate levy or tax that is even though they can all clearly see that you have been stripped....its a jungle out there. Prisoners really have no rights in Naija

last time I was arrested without being stripped, I vanished
Hope I have categorically answered or question

Police can neva be ma frnd.