A banker has taken a swipe at the Nigeria police force while narrating how his church member was arrested after discovering a wandering child in Ifako area of Lagos who later went missing two weeks after. The child who was found - was taken to a church by the good Samaritan identified as sister Happiness before being taken to the police station the same day.

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THE POLICE IS NOT OUR FRIEND......

A true life experience in the last 24 hours

My phone rang at 3:15 pm yesterday Saturday August 19, 2017 and it was the Pastor of our church Pastor Tope Akimbola calling me sounding down( I knew there was trouble) that one of the member of our church RCCG Glory Worship Center was locked up at IFako Police station on the charges that she found a child and the long story was while Sister Happiness was going to work on July 20, 2017 she found a child wondering by the canal in Ifako who was apparently lost and could not find her way.

The child is about 4 years old and as a good Samaritan she brought the child to church. The members and the Pastor was informed and the child was taken to Alakara Police station .

It is interesting to note that Alakara Police station has facility for children and juvenile correction center. Our church members including sister Happiness wrote statements. Our church in the past has always supported Alakara Police station and once they heard the name of the church they were very helpful.

Later on like about 2 weeks Sister Happiness in the same IFako residence heard that a child was missing and told the neighbors that she found a child two weeks ago and they should check Alakara Police station.

Long story cut short the police arrested Sister Happiness yesterday that she must know about the missing child and that she was involved and why did she not come to IFako police station in the first place. She was immediately locked up at the cell of IFako Police station since yesterday morning. Now why will citizens want to help their neighbors or the Police.

This morning our Pastor grabbed me at 7:45am in company of his Assistant Pastor Bayo Ajayi and we started working up our phones. Eventually I got to speak with the DPO of IFako Police station. That was the drama of my life.

He said why did she go to Alakara Police station and not IFako Police station? I explained to him that not everyone has education to know that the nearest police station was were to report a matter and that he will be shocked that people are scared of police and pure ignorance.

He even went micro by telling me that Sister Happiness should have shouted that.....the people around can intervene. I was disturbed that SP Smith a senior officer in the police force can think like this.

I appealed for at least 45 minutes on the phone and I even offered to see him immediately he said he is not at work and she will be charged to court on Monday and that was his final position.

At this point I started racking my brain on who can help intervene in this simple matter? I tried getting the phone no of Mr Fatai Owoseni the Lagos State Commissioner of Police but no luck.

I finally got an old friend who I had to wake up Assistant Commissioner Of Police , Kola Okunlola .Thanks to technology I had to do a three way call.

I finally connected my ACP friend with DPO IFako .Now my worry must we know someone to get things going in Nigeria?

So we started the conversation and I was shocked of the spice added by the DPO. He had full facts of the story .The ACP asked him five salient questions

1. Was he aware that Sister Happiness reported the matter to Alakara Police station he answered in affirmative

2. Did Sister Happiness take the child away or reported same day? He said same day

3. Do you know that this will discourage good people to help others in the future .......He agreed

4. What did he do to the parents that were careless by not taking care of their child? He said he arrested and released them immediately.

5. On the board at the police station where you state the person in the cell and the offence what did you state as the offence of Sister Happiness? He said Misconduct. At this point I just gave up and said under my breath that police is not just our friend.

The ACP adviced him to release Sister Happiness and get a reliable surety that will produce her anytime that she is required for investigation. That charging her was a waste of government resources.

Now the DPO IFako has requested that we all report at 8am tomorrow.

My question and worry ......what is Misconduct for a good Samaritan that saved the life of a vulnerable child?

The child was not kidnapped or kept away.

I am appealing to anyone that has contact with the Lagos Police Commissioner to help circulate this ....

I hope we will not discourage other good Samaritan s being their brothers keeper.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/08/woman-arrested-taking-missing-child-police-station-lagos.html

Nigeria so somebody can not do good thing again...






Dissappointed

What a country

I will always mind my business henceforth. What if the church member did not know anyone in police force? The dpo would have charge the poor woman to court and will definitely be remanded in prison and will probably be forgotten there. What a country!

That's why people run away from accident victims instead of helping them just to avoid police drama.

The only language the Nigerian police understand is money nd if you dnt have spare one to throw around, just avoid anything that will take you there coz the constitution will not even help you.

I hate police

Police is your friend when you have money

Lesson learnt. Only in Nigeria will you see an accident victim, or a missing child and the best you can do is run away or be locked up. At least you won't be charged with negligence if you run away

This is a useless country...

Wild animal kingdom

This isn't a case the accused would've ended in prison, so why were they worrying?. He said he was charging her for misconduct 'cause she reported the case in another police station. Let the ignorant fool charge her, he was just saying those lies to extort money from them.

NIGERIAN POLICE IS THE FRIEND OF THE HIGHEST BIDDER( IN CASH)

IN THIS CASE, IMMEDIATE RETIREMENT SHOULD FALL ON THE HEAD OF THIS BAD IFAKO DPO. HE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A BAD POLICEMAN...

LETS JOIN HANDS AND #hastag IFAKO DPO OUT OF THE NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE

#SACK IFAKO DPO

Nigerian Police is no ones friend, even the police doesn't like the police

When kanu calls Nigeria a zoo people will start wailing. It is only in animal kingdom that this type of things happen

Impressive policing from the NPF I must say .They must look into every angle just to make sure nobody is playing smart ..The woman left herself open to suspicion the moment she took the child to her church instead of the nearest authorities and from there further took the child to another station outside the jurisdiction she claimed she saw the child ..I must say this is impressive policing and I stand with the Nigerian police on this ..Great call by the police

SalamRushdie:
Impressive policing from the NPF I must say .They must look into every angle just to make sure nobody is playing smart ..The woman left herself open to suspicion the moment she took the child to her church instead of the nearest authorities and from there further took the child to another station outside the jurisdiction she claimed she saw the child ..I must say this is impressive policing and I stand with the Nigerian police on this ..Great call by the police

very good, defending even the indefensible! Zoo people.

dudebuck:
very good, defending even the indefensible! Zoo people.

Don't be emotional when you think please . I always say the truth as it is ...The police made a good call and she has nothing to fear if she is clean

SalamRushdie:


Don't be emotional when you think please . I always say the truth as it is ...The police made a good call and she has nothing to fear if she is clean

keep on defending the indefensible. Zooth.

Benita27:
This isn't a case the accused would've ended in prison, so why were they worrying?. He said he was charging her for misconduct 'cause she reported the case in another police station. Let the ignorant fool charge her, he was just saying those lies to extort money from them.

You don't know the Nigerian Police. They can make you await trial for years. Go to the prisons and you will see that there are more people awaiting trials than convicted prisoners.

What they do is to keep you in prison all in the pretence of looking for more evidence against you. Your only sure bet is to have a good lawyer or to have money. But if you have neither of these, please, do not dare a Nigerian police. Just like Sinaj said, "the constitution will not even help you".

NPF foolish set of people except a very few of them

this is bad

Police is your friend.

optional1:
Nigeria so somebody can not do good thing again...







Dissappointed

I no blame them...
Road side mechanics these days don't allow us to know who bi madman !

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interesting

wow

Whoever coined the "police is your friend" slogan.

Nigeria police Kwenu

Ok