richarts:
5. He should get ready to part with a large amount of money to lawyers and the police but he should spend wisely or else he will waste money.
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jauntty: I was informed now that he has gotten a lawyer and are negotiating his bail terms. Something else came up. The lawyer was suggesting that they settle Out-of-court. (Compensation) but the family is saying that "they cannot sell their son for money. "

coogar:

they won't grant him bail unless he rubs the palms of the police officers. you better tell your friend to pay up as soon as he can before things escalate....

you dunno lagos police officers - they would soon substitute him for an armed robber son of a billionaire. the billionaire's son would be released & your friend would replace him.

jauntty: I was informed now that he has gotten a lawyer and are negotiating his bail terms. Something else came up. The lawyer was suggesting that they settle Out-of-court. (Compensation) but the family is saying that "they cannot sell their son for money. "

worry359:

That just means that he has not offered enough money yet!

SAMBARRY: wetin be traffic lights for Nigeria

are you living in Nigeria at all . aren't you aware that people cross express road when there is no alternative route to pass.call a spade a spade, if you want to do something do it in moderation, if you want to speed, speed like a normal human being not like some wasted junky that's about committing suicide

MRbrownJAY:

a person cannot be blamed if they are driving at normal speed on the expressway, and hit someone who was crossing the road (or hawking).

i am amazed at the Nigerian "if you dont have money, an innocent man will rot in jail" attitude.

MRbrownJAY:

a person cannot be blamed if they are driving at normal speed on the expressway, and hit someone who was crossing the road (or hawking).
i am amazed at the Nigerian "if you dont have money, an innocent man will rot in jail" attitude.

SAMBARRY: yes o at the bolded.if you don't have money or anyone to bail you or you don't know any chief or alhaji or senator you better behave yourself otherwise na kirikiri the person go chop half made beans without salt plus stones in it plus cutting grass taya.

too many psychotic people driving this days and putting the lives of other road users at risk

worry359:
You obviously have no conception of how Nigerian Police, Security and the justice system operates!
(Or fails to operate is closer to the truth!)
Whatever the true rights or wrongs of the case, the one who shouts loudest, has the better connections or pays more will win!
There are not many places in the world, including U.K. or U.S.A. where a car driver killing a 10 year old child will win the case!
In Nigeria he may be lucky to get to prison! Street justice is quick and cheap.
Also prison is not the luxury holiday camp like in the west.

MRbrownJAY:

this is one of the reason why the country is so backward and failing miserably.
btw:you are talking as if the guy misbehaved in any way.



its not about winning or losing a case, it is about this being an accident or not. no matter how much money someone has, if the case goes to trial, RIGHT will win unless the judges are corrupt too. it is what happens before that is the amazing part, especially on the police side.

MRbrownJAY: ^^^Sista, i certainly understand what has Nigeria turned INTO, but i would have to believe that we all know what RIGHT is. so no matter how much oppressed and miserable the lives of people in 9ja can be, WRONG didnt suddenly turn into RIGHT.

as for his erratic driving, so far this has not been confirmed. he could have been driving properly and some careless kid ran out on the road (like it happens so often)

sometimes, pedestrians are the ones to blame, check the video below (especially the child at 1"10 or the stoopid lady at 1"24).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8yRvgSAC1I

JeffreyJamez:

Then the parents are going to jail that's for sure!!

worry359:

You obviously have no conception of how Nigerian Police, Security and the justice system operates!
(Or fails to operate is closer to the truth!)

Whatever the true rights or wrongs of the case, the one who shouts loudest, has the better connections or pays more will win!
There are not many places in the world, including U.K. or U.S.A. where a car driver killing a 10 year old child will win the case!
In Nigeria he may be lucky to get to prison! Street justice is quick and cheap.
Also prison is not the luxury holiday camp like in the west.

MRbrownJAY: ^^^i cant talk for the stoopidity of people who would lynch such a man, i can certainly think of the amount of would be mob/lynchers i can kill while on the wheel (trying to escape them)....and drive straight to a Police station, claiming self defense.

again, no amount of wrong can make this one RIGHT!

MRbrownJAY: ^^^i cant talk for the stoopidity of people who would lynch such a man, i can certainly think of the amount of would be mob/lynchers i can kill while on the wheel (trying to escape them)....and drive straight to a Police station, claiming self defense.

again, no amount of wrong can make this one RIGHT!

MRbrownJAY: ^^^bro, i have been to 9ja many times, buses/okada or any other road users are not a problem when driving on an expressway. they may swerve around you but they wont suddenly appear in front of you (miraculously) attempting to cross the road.

what you wrote in #4 made very little sense to me, if a car in front of me has slowed down because of hawkers then i would also be slowing down. how can anyone NOT consider such danger? driving fast can only be done when the road is clear, and not when the car in front of you is trying to buy groudnut?!

now what has to be taken into consideration is people overspeeding because of fear of armed robbery etc OR people who cant drive and just bought their license.....these are the REAL criminals!

coogar:

actually, his number 4 made the most sense.
how would you know the car in front of you has slowed down when the car has no functional brake lights to warn you. this is nigeria we are talking about, driving there is chaotic.

there are some roads i deliberately avoid even if the alternate route would take me 2-3 hours longer. you have to contend with cars, carts, bikes and brainless pedestrians who just cross the roads without fear or fervour. people still attempt to cross 4-lane expressways in lagos even when there's a pedestrian bridge next to them.

MRbrownJAY:

come on bro, we dont drive at speed on an expressway looking at the sunshine, we focus on the road as soon as we give it some speed.....so the minute you see an obstacle in the distance, you slow down. these are basic road rules, especially if there is someone like a hawker rushing that car. you will have more chances having an accident with a fool who slowed down unexpectedly (on the left lane) to buy something rather than killing someone that was trying to sell something to that slowed down car. now let us all remember that driving fast on the expressway is done one the left side, and what fool would stop in that part of the road to buy from hawker?! if a person does NOT know about the road rules then they are to blame, no one else.

MRbrownJAY:

come on bro, we dont drive at speed on an expressway looking at the sunshine, we focus on the road as soon as we give it some speed.....so the minute you see an obstacle in the distance, you slow down (whether its lights are red or not). these are basic road rules, especially if there is someone like a hawker rushing that car. you will have more chances having an accident with a fool who slowed down unexpectedly (on the left lane) to buy something rather than killing someone that was trying to sell something to that slowed down car. now let us all remember that driving fast on the expressway is done one the left side, and what fool would stop in that part of the road to buy from hawker?! if a person does NOT know about the road rules then they are to blame, no one else.

coogar:
lagos drivers don't stop because a hawker is approaching. they stop because they want to let someone alight from the bus or they are picking someone. with no brake-light, you are always in danger of hitting their vehicle.
then there are idiotic hawkers who emerge in between already parked cars. some are rushing to go quickly get more bags of water from the other side of the road because a passenger in the bus just beckoned to him to bring some.
the situation in lagos is pathetic. i don't even know who to blame. the kids risking their lives or the parents sending them on such a dangerous errands.....then the idiotic customers who only remember to buy stuff when their bus is about picking up speed...you see those kids give the bus a hot chase just to collect their money & so on and forth!