I'm sharing some stories because a gallant officer lost his life this weekend after being shot dead by a civilian!!

I'll share 3 recent stories I'm a first hand witness of:
Note : I am not a police officer neither am in any way affiliated to the force

1. A driver, a Mobile police and I were driving out on a major street one morning when a car (golf) suddenly crossed our path from an untared road and both cars collided. Apparently, the golf driver was at fault and his initial stance showed he was sober, but only for a while.
The mobile police asked why he was in a hurry and he would have to pay for the damages. Lo, this other golf driver began to curse, raising his voice and there was tension. In a matter of seconds, some young tough looking guys, who happen to be the golf driver's friends, came to the scene in his defense. This driver, agitated by their presence, rushed to pick a big stone and he was so close to striking down the police with it but a hand from the people around spared us the tragedy.

2. Due to the Covid-19 preventive measure, I waited outside a bank for my bank account officer to help with withdrawal, the mobile police man I came with spotted his colleagues at the bank's security post and soon joined them.
Suddenly a "Keke" (tricycle) drove in, blaring music so loud and parked directly outside the security post. While one of the guys alighted the Keke to join an ATM queue, my mobile police approached his partner to turn off the radio, stating this was a bank premise.
The guy only reduced the volume while the police insisted he turned it off. This generated into an argument and the guy who had earlier joined the ATM queue was now standing Toe to toe with the armed policeman. In the heat of words, this guy grabbed the police by his collar!!
It was at this point, the mobile man who had his rifle strap hung around his neck, swore to shoot him if he ever touched him again.
Other police from the bank had to step in.

3. Just this weekend, 25th of April, our vehicle was ambushed along a path, by some community youths well known to us. In the same vehicle with us were three mobile police men.
These youths had insisted we must pay them some ransom.
Their reason was that; we came into their land with company properties and since we are done, we dare not leave with any. The properties belong to the village now! At that moment, we were sending a Mikhano Generator out to another state
The three officers alighted the vehicle to address the boys and that was when these boys attempted to open the door and drag us out. Since the doors were locked, they began to smash the car, puncture the tyre so badly.

The mobile men released warning shots in the air but these boys kept advancing. Instead of aiming directly at these boys, the police kept shooting into the air. Two of the police men fled into the bush while the third was mobbed.
His rifle was collected and he was shot TWICE IN THE HEAD!!
With the bad tyre, we managed to escape to the nearest police station while the boys (mainly 6 of them) escaped with the rifle.

The injured police, still alive but unconscious, was later taken to a teaching hospital and was been tended to.
Just after I made some payments and I was issued receipts, He died!

THIS MOBILE POLICE HAS A HEAVILY PREGNANT WIFE AND A NUMBER OF KIDS.

Although the boy who shot and escaped with the rifle has been apprehended, but he had rendered some children fatherless (both unborn child) just because Police doesn't want to fire a civilian without gun!!


In the three cases, do you not think the police men had right to protect their own lives?
Should they not act in self-defense?

But if they do, the story will be something else. It would be police man kills unarmed civilians

Attached is a picture of the receipts I got after payment to the hospital and then later to the Mortuary

Note: I decided to shade out the hospital address because I don't want this to go tribalistic.

I only want to show how undisciplined most people are as civilians just because POLICE IS ALWAYS WRONG

Where did all these happen?

Where are the pictures? Or have you really gone haywire?

nice story Op.

Hmmm

@haywire

What a story with a fatal and traumatic end.

This must have happened in the Niger-Delta region.

While the bad eggs in the force are solely responsible for how the general public now see them as an instant enemy akin to when one comes face to face with a snake as was revealed in all three instances above, my heart goes out to the family of the fallen cop and to you guys who had witnessed such a traumatic and worrying incident.

Believe me, if it were the military boys in all three instances, those civilians would have threaded with caution.

Na eke turn themselves to public enemy number one with see finish but certainly doesn't justify these unprovoked attacks on them.

So sorry mate.

OP you must be a good story teller.....but sir you need to step up why's cause not everyone is as Foolish as you are

Imagine you thinking we'd believe this crap

In all three circumstances the police men had the right to defend themselves. Now what's your point exactly?

I'm not in away disputing the apparent fact that some Policemen and other uniformed personnel were/are power drunk and as thus sent many people to early graves.

However, due to these occurrences, we have let our emotions seal the fate of Uniformed men and pronounced the condemned judgment upon them no matter what the case may be.

I am not a police officer, but I know the police has right to open fire on anyone who tries to take their rifle from them!

I would have shown the picture of the late police officer, but I'm not a journalist and I have to protect the family's privacy.

But the gory part was, he was stabbed in the neck, hit with logs of wood on the head and shot twice at close range in the head.

It was difficult for the doctors to control the blood dripping from his head!

Mynd44 seun oam4j lalasticlala

The police are not always right, you can equally say as well that civilians are not always right. But wrong must be condemned.

sometimes the chicken comes back home to roost

The state where this happened, could it be Edo or Delta State?


Truly sad incidences.

gaby:
Hmmm

@haywire

What a story with a fatal and traumatic end.

This must have happened in the Niger-Delta region.

While the bad eggs in the force are solely responsible for how the general public now see them as an instant enemy akin to when one comes face to face with a snake as was revealed in all three instances above, my heart goes out to the family of the fallen cop and to you guys who had witnessed such a traumatic and worrying incident.

Believe me, if it were the military boys in all three instances, those civilians would have threaded with caution.

Na eke turn themselves to public enemy number one with see finish but certainly doesn't justify these unprovoked attacks on them.

So sorry mate.

Thanks man. I appreciate

All incidents here happened in a single South Eastern state. I've never worked in the South-South.
I don't think I can work in the SS

haywire07:

Thanks man. I appreciate

All incidents here happened in a single South Eastern state. I've never worked in the South-South.
I don't think I can work in the SS

.....and why do u find it difficult to say the state....i dont believe u sha.....haywire

GREOLLO:
.....and why do u find it difficult to say the state....i dont believe u sha.....haywire

Yeah.. Fine

Truly, Apathy towards the Police is one factor .
Hunger is also another factor ,a hungry man is an Angry man. Negotiations, would have been a better option.
That lost AK is not less than 400k in the black market, you wouldn't have parted with up to 50k.

Just call the youth leader, he will calm his boys down, while you negotiate with them.

Secondly, as a Mobile police on Escort duty, they should have the following:

Tear gas cannisters at least 3 ( for crowd control)
High voltage shockers - to immobilize the unarmed attacker.

With these they will be able to put the attackers at Bay, then do the needful - Ben Johnson

Hmm

haywire07:
I'm sharing some stories because a gallant officer lost his life this weekend after being shot dead by a civilian!!

I'll share 3 recent stories I'm a first hand witness of:
Note : I am not a police officer neither am in any way affiliated to the force

1. A driver, a Mobile police and I were driving out on a major street one morning when a car (golf) suddenly crossed our path from an untared road and both cars collided. Apparently, the golf driver was at fault and his initial stance showed he was sober, but only for a while.
The mobile police asked why he was in a hurry and he would have to pay for the damages. Lo, this other golf driver began to curse, raising his voice and there was tension. In a matter of seconds, some young tough looking guys, who happen to be the golf driver's friends, came to the scene in his defense. This driver, agitated by their presence, rushed to pick a big stone and he was so close to striking down the police with it but a hand from the people around spared us the tragedy.

2. Due to the Covid-19 preventive measure, I waited outside a bank for my bank account officer to help with withdrawal, the mobile police man I came with spotted his colleagues at the bank's security post and soon joined them.
Suddenly a "Keke" (tricycle) drove in, blaring music so loud and parked directly outside the security post. While one of the guys alighted the Keke to join an ATM queue, my mobile police approached his partner to turn off the radio, stating this was a bank premise.
The guy only reduced the volume while the police insisted he turned it off. This generated into an argument and the guy who had earlier joined the ATM queue was now standing Toe to toe with the armed policeman. In the heat of words, this guy grabbed the police by his collar!!
It was at this point, the mobile man who had his rifle strap hung around his neck, swore to shoot him if he ever touched him again.
Other police from the bank had to step in.

3. Just this weekend, 25th of April, our vehicle was ambushed along a path, by some community youths well known to us. In the same vehicle with us were three mobile police men.
These youths had insisted we must pay them some ransom.
Their reason was that; we came into their land with company properties and since we are done, we dare not leave with any. The properties belong to the village now! At that moment, we were sending a Mikhano Generator out to another state
The three officers alighted the vehicle to address the boys and that was when these boys attempted to open the door and drag us out. Since the doors were locked, they began to smash the car, puncture the tyre so badly.

The mobile men released warning shots in the air but these boys kept advancing. Instead of aiming directly at these boys, the police kept shooting into the air. Two of the police men fled into the bush while the third was mobbed.
His rifle was collected and he was shot TWICE IN THE HEAD!!
With the bad tyre, we managed to escape to the nearest police station while the boys (mainly 6 of them) escaped with the rifle.

The injured police, still alive but unconscious, was later taken to a teaching hospital and was been tended to.
Just after I made some payments and I was issued receipts, He died!

THIS MOBILE POLICE HAS A HEAVILY PREGNANT WIFE AND A NUMBER OF KIDS.

Although the boy who shot and escaped with the rifle has been apprehended, but he had rendered some children fatherless (both unborn child) just because Police doesn't want to fire a civilian without gun!!


In the three cases, do you not think the police men had right to protect their own lives?
Should they not act in self-defense?

But if they do, the story will be something else. It would be police man kills unarmed civilians

Op,you are a policeman no doubt about that u are nothing but the wicked, bloodthirsty and the unrepentant type.it is bothbdevil and God that will punish you for ever supporting police killing civilians and framing up lies to defend your evilhearted 50gang collegues.what ever goes around comes around if you support evil.same thing will happen to your children,grand children and family.evil will never depart from your doorstep
Evilman.

If they went for shooting training
They should use single shots and target the legs...

supercase1:

Op,you are a policeman no doubt about that u are nothing but the wicked, bloodthirsty and the unrepentant type.it is bothbdevil and God that will punish you for ever supporting police killing civilians and framing up lies to defend your evilhearted 50gang collegues.what ever goes around comes around if you support evil.same thing will happen to your children,grand children and family.evil will never depart from your doorstep
Evilman.

You can think whatever you want about me. I'm not bothered neither will it push me to reveal my identity.

I only pray that the next time you or any of your family members try to snatch a rifle from any uniformed personnel, you or any of your relatives will be shot dead immediately.

haywire07:

You can think whatever you want about me. I'm not bothered neither will it push me to reveal my identity.

I only pray that the next time you or any of your family members try to snatch a rifle from any uniformed personnel, you or any of your relatives will be shot dead immediately.

50 naira collector gang always looking for who to Rob and those who refuse to give will be labelled riflesnatchers criminals etc
I will not reply you again but the evil you do to people when you are on uniform will visit your children and family members.at that time u may not even be in the force before you karma visiting you.
EVIL MEN DO LIVESLAFTER THEM,ALWAYS REMEMBER POWER IS TEMPORARY,NOBODY STAYS IN OFFICE OR POWER FOREVER
Thankyou