Just wondering the role of police officers at various check points along Nigerian roads.Apart from police we have other force men along the roads and thief role are very clear to me:

CUSTOM OFFICERS
They will ask you of your custom papers only. Once they are satisfied with the documentation they will let you go

ROAD SAFETY
They are simply interested if you are wearing your seat belt and that you are not over speeding, over loaded or driving dangerously.If they stopped you, they will simply check if you have a valid drivers license, if you have good spare tyre, fire extinguisher and caution signs. They might go further to check if your travel gator and break lights are working properly.

SOLDIER(MILITARY MEN)
If they stop you, they will just check if you there so many male occupant in the vehicle. If that is the case, they will ask everybody to come down while they search each person for any incriminating items or arms. They might go further to search the vehicle buts, pigeon hole, under the seats and so on.

AGBERO
You will see these guys mainly in commercial cities. They are just after public vehicles. Once they stopped you, they will check if you have purchased their tickets and once you are cleared you are good to go.

POLICE.
They perform virtually all the role explained above and that is what I don't seem to understand. A police officer will stop you, search your buts, search all the occupant of the vehicle, search the pigeon hole. Request for your drivers license, your vehicle particulars and some cases custom papers. Ask you to open your bonnet, check your engine and engine number, check your chassis number for correctness. Check if you have fire extinguisher and have a spare tyre. If you are not on seat belt, you will be booked too. And so on and so on. You can add yours

Ebelebe list.

The duty of a policeman at a checkpoint is to stop vehicles and collect roja

Their duties are but not limited to checking if you have enough money, so that they can arrest the money and kill you.To see a way to kill you and tag you an armed robber. To make sure you are guilty and extorted. So many other crimes that has to do with accidental discharge.
Make sure you have a hidden camera to record your conversation with them so that you post it on online then we start shouting for the world to see. But also be careful because any mistake and you are caught recording them, you are dead.

icebeatz: you forgot to add armed robbers..... what is their own role too

ifenadi:

What is the difference between armed robbers and police men.

Collecting your money. What else

tpacalipse: What is the difference between armed robbers and police men.

The only difference is the uniform.

Hmmmm!

Na to collect money n find faults with u

The ones in Festac are all thieves, they lock people for either not having a job or not having an ID card with you.I just hate police with all my strength.

wel, i tink dia job is 2:
1. Collect ur money
2. Run 4rm armed robbers
3. Run away 4rm accident scenes
4. Give u a reason 2 av small change wit u wen travellin cos if u dnt av money, u go sleep 4 road wit dem

2 carry AK47 n 50 naira tinz

police is your friend and bail is free.

Y askin such question....20 naira change neva finish nw

;DPolice stop you simply to collect 20 Naira or gun you down

Truth be told- they are a necessary evil.Just imagine the level of crime if no police were on ground? I suspect the high level of high way robbery is becaue of a ban on checkpoints. So whether you hate or love them, society needs them!

E DON INCREASE TO 50NAIRA OOO

Roger me before U quote dz comment *In police voice*

Roger Collection....

Nice list though sometimes these men do the contrary

Their Duty is to stop n search (for RoGer...a.k.a "SKY"

If u no gree pay roger dem go put eègbo for ur pocket..(dat one na 15k)


PS: the fear of Nigerian police is d beginning of long life!!

Duty of police is to arrest okada man that carry two passengers

WOW THATS GREAT

.is to maintain safe drivin...is to maintain safe drivin...nd not to take bribe

hand-rubbery

Going by the record of Nigeria Police Force all the duty/duties slated above were ordinarily police duties before establishment of major para-military bodies, that is why anywhere you go you see police even in border take for example The NPF performed conventional police
functions and was responsible for
internal security generally; for
supporting the prison, immigration, and
customs services; and for performing
military duties within or outside Nigeria
as directed. Plans were announced in
mid-1980 to expand the force to
200,000. By 1983, according to the
federal budget, the strength of the NPF
was almost 152,000, but other sources
estimated it to be between 20,000 and
80,000. Reportedly, there were more
than 1,300 police stations nationwide.
Police officers were not usually armed
but were issued weapons when required
for specific missions or circumstances.
They were often deployed throughout
the country, but in 1989 Babangida
announced that a larger number of
officers would be posted to their native
areas to facilitate police- community
relations. Rate of corruption in the force make them inferior otherwise they suppose to be respected by everyone in nutshell police is the father of other forces and para-military I pray may God reform them, to have a better nation police is charge with multi-duty even EFCC is a branch controlled by police
They were empowered to investigate and prosecute while judiciary to adjudicate

The duty of a police man is to harass. He just wants to show u that with your fancy car, nice clothes, good job, etc he is still better than u are.

pDude: Ebelebe list.

The duty of a policeman at a checkpoint is to stop vehicles and collect roja

Roger that!

Dis one pass my power to answer.

Abegi, where that policewoman wey de NL, na her ministry b dis, she suppose fit helep us ansa d kueshion welu welu.

Babamide: The duty of a police man is to harass. He just wants to show u that with your fancy car, nice clothes, good job, etc he is still better than u are.

Haha, what kills me the most is the way they stop cars at random, so insane!

It's like "You there, park! You there, go! You there, park! You there, go!"

I mean, do these guys have some inside info to know who to select for stop and search?

One time on approaching checkpoint, I come put on my light for drivers side, put light on for passenger side, put light on for back, I even put phone light on. For where, guy still yan, "You there, park!", I give up.