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Policemen Shoot Passengers Over N100 - What A Wasted Nation This Is Becoming by koruji(m): 3:58am On May 26, 2011
http://www.compassnewspaper.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6902:anger-as-policemen-shoot-passengers-in-lagos-over-n100&catid=308:headlines&Itemid=600

Thursday, 26 May 2011 00:00 Nigerian Compass Hits: 18 .

LESS than 24 hours after a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and a Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) were killed by some rampaging soldiers in Lagos, the blood of some innocent Nigerians were again shed yesterday, allegedly by some policemen detailed to guard the Isheri-end of the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

For the refusal of the driver of a commercial bus to part with N100, three mobile policemen opened fire on the bus, killing and injuring some of the passengers.

Some passersby cried when they saw one of the dead victims on the ground at OPIC Bus Stop with his brains out. He was drenched in his own blood.

A woman passenger was shot in the eyes while another passenger had his hand shattered by bullets.

They were rushed to an undisclosed hospital.

Angry residents took the body of the victim with shattered head to the front of a popular building in the area, looking for the policemen who, by then, had fled.

One of the passengers, Adeseye Oladimeji, told the Nigerian Compass that the white bus with registration number, XU 163 SMK, left Ojota for Ibafo with about eight passengers before the attack. Bullet holes were seen on the body of the bus.

Said Oladimeji: “I thank God that I am alive. Look at me, I am not hurt yet blood is all over my body. It is the blood of other passengers. We boarded the bus from Ojota, heading to Ibafo. When we got to OPIC junction, we were surprised to see a check-point. The mobile policemen were three in number.

“They asked the driver to give them N100 and the driver pleaded with them that he just came out and that he would see them later. One of them asked him to go, and at a very close range, they started shooting at us. Besides this man on the ground, I can tell you that almost four persons are at the verge of death while one woman was hit by a bullet in her eyes. For another who may survive, his hand was shattered by bullets, among others.”

When the Nigeria Compass called the Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, he expressed shock and promised to investigate the incident.
Kenneth Mokwenye & Jonathan Eze
Re: Policemen Shoot Passengers Over N100 - What A Wasted Nation This Is Becoming by jookco(m): 4:44am On May 26, 2011
Thank the soldiers for killing the blood suckers called NPF
Re: Policemen Shoot Passengers Over N100 - What A Wasted Nation This Is Becoming by Jakumo(m): 6:17am On May 26, 2011
In the nations of the civilized West, income taxes paid by citizens and businesses are deployed to fund highway maintenance, municipal garbage disposal, civil servant salaries and other public services.  In those immaculately clean and well maintained nations, policemen are assigned the role of crime prevention, and the preservation of civil order.

In Nigeria, income taxes paid by citizens and corporations are pooled and shared by government officials who then use their personal "allocations" to fund the construction of private residences, retain ugly, fat, hideously bleached mistresses and lavish on musicians at drunken parties.   Nigerian policemen, whose monthly salaries are often late due to the pressing personal obligations of government officials, must therefore become "creative" in their own urgent quest for money to feed demanding wives, tenured hookers and other pushy dependents.

That creative revenue generation regime manifests itself along the rutted, pot-holed lunar surfaces that pass for highways in Nigeria.  It is therefore incumbent on all civilians who ply Nigerian roads to bear in mind that the muzzle velocity of an AK47 rifle is approximately 2,300 feet per second, and with that lesson in basic Newtonian Physics in mind, to give, and give generously, whenever any of the following key phrases are uttered by a Nigerian policeman encountered along the highway:

"Oga, How for weekend ?"

"We no dey here to count bridge, o."

" Oya,  park well,  park well."

" Wettin dey for boot ?"

"Ngwa, do something better, and no waste my time."

" Se as we tanda for inside this sun, Oga."

The above phrases are but a few of the government approved road-side invocations that MUST be responded to with immediate effect and alacrity, for all who value life, and want to reach their destinations without the inconvenience of suddenly developing gaping hopes in their craniums.

Praise the Lord !!
Re: Policemen Shoot Passengers Over N100 - What A Wasted Nation This Is Becoming by maimalari: 9:05am On May 26, 2011
Nigeria I hail thee.
Re: Policemen Shoot Passengers Over N100 - What A Wasted Nation This Is Becoming by monkeyleg: 9:11am On May 26, 2011
Jonathan really needs to get a grip on the security situation in that country. This is so bad, it could have been anyone
Re: Policemen Shoot Passengers Over N100 - What A Wasted Nation This Is Becoming by sirjec(m): 9:26am On May 26, 2011
The priority in this nation is security. All attention has to be diverted to the area of security if we have to move forward
Re: Policemen Shoot Passengers Over N100 - What A Wasted Nation This Is Becoming by bossinie: 11:49am On May 26, 2011
koruji:



When i first heard a rumor that this 'Lamido' guy was preparing himself to be the Sultan one day,i waved it away with one hand but right now that rumor might hold some water after all.How else do you explain his purported actions on the above and has the nerve to defend the 'sharia-compliant' clause in the pre-requisite for running the so-called NPFI shocked Sanusi i believe your time is far well spent and you should take a smart bow out of there before a 'bow' hits you from behind. grin
Re: Policemen Shoot Passengers Over N100 - What A Wasted Nation This Is Becoming by bossinie: 11:54am On May 26, 2011
monkeyleg:

Jonathan really needs to get a grip on the security situation in that country. This is so bad, it could have been anyone

Cannot agree a less with you my broda or is it sista,just that this your name still makes me a bit weary of you, please upgrade to atleast antelope-leg grin
Re: Policemen Shoot Passengers Over N100 - What A Wasted Nation This Is Becoming by shevalync: 2:30pm On May 26, 2011
Arent police ashame of themseves?they keep wasting innocent lives all the time,thought they v learnt some lessons with what happened @badagery.they r the most hated institution in Nigeria cos of their irrational conducts.I hate NPF so much that when I have the opportunity of joining them in the last recruitment for proffessionals I didnt think twice b4 declining the offer despite not having a good job.

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