Daboomb:


I think l am just very unlucky because l always pray that l should encounter one of these 'stop & search' my phone SARS team but so far, l have never been lucky!

My phones (One HTC, One Samsung and one old Iphone) are all passworded and they contain very, very sensitive information, including bank pincodes, passwords, e.t.c.

Infact, my phones are hte most important items l have and l guard them seriously.
I want to see how that SARS officer will force me to enter my Pin codes, to unlock the phone, by force, without a valid warrant.
And he can be sure that he will see a lot of foreign calls on it as my phones are not just for making audio calls but are my own business tool.

I guess they do a sort of 'profiling', based on your appearance or how you speak to them, to decide who to search.

Maybe l will be lucky one day sha.

Anie007:

That moment you try to snap the police without his knowledge, but you forgot to off your camera's flashlight!!!

cashlurd:
Virtually everytime I enter Lagos, the Nigeria Police on uniforms and moftis in yellow buses do stop and search me and go ahead to forcefully search through my phone messengers, gallery, whatsapp, email and even facebook. It's a huge harassment. But what can man do? If you counter them, they could shoot u and you would be just one of those Nairaland stories about "man shoot by trigger happy policeman" and in two days, your news would be stale.

So I always let them do whatever they want. Last time, after searching me and the Uber driver along Festac town, they left me and took the uber driver to their station simply because they saw his chat with a foreign number on his phone discussing how to import a car.

Tired of Nigeria I swear!!!

tete7000:
Many people are aware of this. The issue is that you often confront police at points where it is safer to let them access the phone than argue with them. You don't want some gang of criminals in police uniform to put incriminating charges against you in a defenceless position. In the long run, it will be their words against your own. Wisdom is profitable, fight only for your right when your back is covered.
Ti owo eni o ba te eku ada, eyan o ki bere iku to pa baba eni. Proverb of the elders.

adeolaademuluyi:
All these laws are known but if you want to stay alife don't try to argue with an armed policeman.

jaxxy:


We all know why they search these fones. Its because of suspicious elements which is good however there are protocols to follow bt I think there cud be exceptions.

talk2percy:
Nonsense, Nigeria is cursed. These things won't work cuz they are still doing it even as I am typing this, they are searching someone's phone and they will either threaten to shoot u, slap u, beat u or lock u up. They should simply stop giving illiterates and criminals uniforms and guns!!! The intimidation and harassment is too much

Adewalefae:
just dress up go computer village make sure you dress well I repeat dress well your phone must be search

SamuelAnyawu:
Owerri Police and Phone Search na 5 and 6



Senator Samuel Anyanwu aka SamDaddy my Incoming Governor. Respect Sir


God Bless PDP

APC Imo must die by Fire




*brb let me call the IG of Police to verify if these tweets were transmitted from the force headquarters either by omission or comission*

debolayinka:
Same way it's illegal for them to demand egunje after the search.

maasoap:


Good? No. Their primary motive is to extort you, simple. Even if you have incriminating messages on your phone, they're still going to free you instead of arresting you once you're able to pay them.
Mind you, they only need to see just one foreign number on your phone or just two email address on your phone to tag you a fraudster and they won't take you to their station. And if do, be assured that your offence will be rewritten for you. Wake up to reality.

Where else in the world do you see police stopping citizens at random and start harassing them by forcefully searching their phones just to blackmail into making them part with their money? Only in Nigeria! Stop supporting every form of oppression in disguise.

If they see just ordinary application that hides stuff on your phone, you're in trouble.

Daboomb:


I think l am just very unlucky because l always pray that l should encounter one of these 'stop & search' my phone SARS team but so far, l have never been lucky!

My phones (One HTC, One Samsung and one old Iphone) are all passworded and they contain very, very sensitive information, including bank pincodes, passwords, e.t.c.

Infact, my phones are hte most important items l have and l guard them seriously.
I want to see how that SARS officer will force me to enter my Pin codes, to unlock the phone, by force, without a valid warrant.
And he can be sure that he will see a lot of foreign calls on it as my phones are not just for making audio calls but are my own business tool.

I guess they do a sort of 'profiling', based on your appearance or how you speak to them, to decide who to search.

Maybe l will be lucky one day sha.

maasoap:


Good? No. Their primary motive is to extort you, simple. Even if you have incriminating messages on your phone, they're still going to free you instead of arresting you once you're able to pay them.
Mind you, they only need to see just one foreign number on your phone or just two email address on your phone to tag you a fraudster and they won't take you to their station. And if do, be assured that your offence will be rewritten for you. Wake up to reality.

Where else in the world do you see police stopping citizens at random and start harassing them by forcefully searching their phones just to blackmail into making them part with their money? Only in Nigeria! Stop supporting every form of oppression in disguise.

If they see just ordinary application that hides stuff on your phone, you're in trouble.

Jackossky:


Jajjaja
Owe eleyi tun lagbara ooo
Iyen ni pe, ti owo Eni o ba le di ada mu daada, ki o ma Bere iku ti o pa baba re nitoripe ti won ba so fun, o le gba ibe ku