₦airaland Forum

Theflint1:
I don't think police alone can release him, especially for a case of this nature. It has to go through the courts.

Let me tell what you what I know from reading crime section of Nigerian newspapers from a very young age .

When Nigeria police arrests a suspect for a serious crimes like robbery, gender based violence , kidnapping , etc ; they would usually send the file of the suspect to Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) of the state where the crime took place .

The DPP will now advise the police on prosecution or otherwise .

I don’t know if that happened in this case , but I believe if it did the DPP will clearly let the police know that prosecuting the guy may just be a waste of tax payers funds cos his lawyers might plead insanity and he may likely walk .

I can’t vouch for Nigerian Police’s credibility , but I struggle to see what financial inducements the relatives of the suspect can offer which the police cannot get more from the victim car dealer .

GloriousGbola:
A diagnosis patient who is demonstrably a danger to society cannot be left alone. Arguing that Dayo and nihilistijnr are the same person is not the same scale as arming yourself with juju, driving through a barrier and running people over with a car.

Personally I would say the guy first needs to be tested by a court appointed psychiatrist. He was stable enough to arrange for juju, stable enough to con and woo a dealer into handing a car to him. To me it is more a case of failed parents who deploying their black sheep's escape plan.

At the risk of sounding like defending the suspect , I hope you know that it’s only the police that can charge him to court . And it’s only when the police charge him to court you can start talking about court appointed psychiatrist.

I don’t know what evidence the police relied on before releasing him , but I want to believe the police would at least do due diligence before releasing him .

In fact, the police has a lot to gain if they charge him to court instead of releasing him. The guy and his family are poor and have absolutely nothing to offer the police to facilitate his release on grounds of insanity . The car dealer has deeper pockets to fund police to “deal” with him .

Methinks the police just don’t want to do exercise in futility by charging an obvious insane person to court knowing he would still walk anyways .

raumdeuter:
Are you sure about the bold cos I know when taking for a test drive they should ask for your Licence and insurance.

Are you sure the test drivers insurance is not the liable party for test drives?

Just type “Motor Traders Insurance “ on your Google search , you will see Nigerian insurance companies who sell it.

Of course , before you allow a buyer to test drive ur car as a car dealer u should ask for their license . It will be foolishness for a dealer to give a car that’s not yet sold to someone who is not licensed to drive na

GloriousGbola:
What clinical confirmation?

This is like all those medical condition politicians suddenly manifest when facing trial.

A guy was arrested in an attempted theft, vehiclar homicide and the police let the person go after a so called revelation that the man had a mental condition?

If that is the case the guy should have been sent straight to an asylum. You cannot pull the mentally unstable claim for grand theft and property damage and homicide and then go back home. Well at least not in a society with backward crooked cops.

So you think the relatives claimed he was mad and State CID just released him based on their unverified claim?

Even the car dealer while speaking with Punch said police investigations confirmed his psychiatric condition.

Was it not a day or two ago we were all wondering why the guy behaved like that and even suggested maybe he was on drugs because the whole crime deoesn't make sense?

GloriousGbola:
A google search shows there is a federal psychiatric hospital in yaba

Option b the family that recovered the guy should be sued. If they failed to take care of their ward then they should face the consequences of their actions. They allowed their son with mental issues to move to another state and become a danger to everyone

Baba calm down, Psychiatric hospitals dey do outpatient treatment too.

I know of someone whose adult daughter was treated at the Neuropsychatric Hospital Yaba and she was never admitted. Initially she was always taken to the hospital by her mum on her appointment days. As she was responding to treatment, it got to a point they told the mum to allow her come by herself without anybody coming with her. They just do a cab/uber for her to and fro. She got better and living a normal life now.

So it's possible the guy was an outpatient before he relapsed or stopped taking his meds.

GloriousGbola:
Nigerian police are a special breed. We literally caught a robber in a neighbours house at 2 am. The police let the guy go on some excuse or the other. As the guy was being bundled into the car everyone was already suspicious about the outcome.

Police declaring a person has 'psychiatric condition without actual diagnosis by a professional. And you wonder why jungle justice is so popular. Four people allegedly died

I can only assume the thief was not acting alone and was part of a syndicate who have now bailed him out.

They said the guy’s relatives claimed he was a psychiatric patient and the police investigations confirmed it to be true .

I’m guessing the guy’s relatives brought documents along with them and maybe police called the psychiatric hospital confirm it to be true .

It’s just like someone claiming their relative is a patient at the neuropsychiatric hospital Yaba with evidence and the police puts a call through to the CMD to confirm same . At that point they have no choice but to release him .

It was state CID that released him , so I believe they would’ve consulted their legal unit before releasing him

izzou:
Releasing him is crazzzzy, but the car dealer ought to know that he would bear the losses.

The greatest punishment he can receive is a prison sentence.

Police station is not a psychiatric home na , police have no choice but to release him.

If the police try to charge him , it will be exercise in futility . His people will get lawyer who will provide his card at psychiatric hospital and other documents confirming he’s actually a psycho . The court will throw the case out and the man would’ve wasted more money in mobilizing police and all .

As unfair as it may sound , the man should just count his losses and move on

raumdeuter:
If you arrest a man like that and finds out he has nothing and no means of paying back. Whats the worst you can do to him?

In Nigeria the police fit even they ask you who lost money for more money to help prosecute your case.

Its a terrible thing for the car dealer. Its almost like your drunk personal driver bashing your Gwagon, or an aboki Okada rider crashing into your luxury car he is too poor to pay for anything. If you too manhandle am the thing fit turn on your head

I guess this is where your conversation about insurance the other day becomes important

I hope the car dealer has good insurance even though they will try to deny the claim say they are not covering for the test drive time since it should be the test drivers insurance covering for that

There’s actually an insurance policy specifically designed to cover motor traders . The insurance policy will cover the vehicle while it’s in the car lot as well as when customers take it out for test drive .

The issue is Nigerians don’t really see insurance as something they will need until they suffer a loss they never imagine was possible .

As regards the police releasing the guy , this is the first time I will see police following the law ; even though the outcome no favor the complainant . Normally u can’t really charge someone who has been clinically confirmed to be mentally unstable , It’s just the way a contract entered into with a mad man is not binding under the law

The VGC car dealer claims Nigerian Police have released the suspected thief on the premise that the guy has psychiatric condition .

As a result of that , he is to bear the cost of all damages caused by the psycho customer

According to Edmund, the case was initially reported at the Ajah Police Division before being transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, where two women who identified themselves as the suspect’s mother and sister visited him.

He said the women claimed to be from Agbor, Delta State, adding that he became concerned about recovering his expenses after learning that the suspect had been released on bail.

Edmund alleged that he was pressured to withdraw the case after investigators established that the suspect had a psychiatric condition.

“I am already suspecting foul play in the police dealings because I was hurried to close the case when the man was confirmed to be a psychiatric patient. Just yesterday evening, he had been released on bail.

“For somebody who caused me such heavy damage, how am I going to bear these losses alone, knowing that the culprit has been released? Somebody attempted to steal a car from my outlet. It is sad,” he said.

The dealer appealed for assistance in recovering from the financial losses, saying preliminary estimates put the cost of repairing the damaged Toyota Tundra at about N40m

https://punchng.com/police-freed-suspect-left-me-with-n40m-losses-lagos-car-dealer

Street hawkers allegedly boil eggs with detergent 😲

Wait, People Who Sell Boiled Eggs In Nigeria Mix Detergent With The Eggs While Boiling Them Before Selling Them To People For Consumption? 🤦🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/6apUNNGkrs

— Somto Okonkwo (@General_Somto) October 15, 2026

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iamoyindamola:
I thought weed is illegal in this country, police will leave their job and be doing something else

When police catch u with weed, they will extort u and let u go afterwards.

afrodoc2:
Yeah, that substance abuse thing seems to have gotten out of hand. I remember when i was a kid only the baddest of the baddest knew what weed smelled like and most people had never even seen it and that was the worst drug in regular circulation.

When I was a kid, people who smoke weed hide it from friends and family. People go as far away from home as possible to smoke weed.

Some go to far away football fields to smoke weed . Nowadays small small boys go dey smoke for front of their house and people just move on like it's nothing. People will do party close to your house and by 6pm while the sky is still clear, boy go don dey kpo within residential areas.

raumdeuter:
Dem fit even start churches and hospitals nowadays

I just pity the impressionable youngings on social media joining cult because of the “doings” and aesthetics they see them posting about their philanthropic moves .

While they are busy posting how they renovate roundabouts on social media ,people who belong to the same confra are getting unalived at Lekki-Epe expressway in Lagos , North bank in Benue state and other flashpoints spread across the country .

The best decision you can take as a Nigerian youth is never to join confra while in school or out of school .

People that labelled us Corners FC last season don suddenly lose their voice to call us Open Play FC

raumdeuter:
In a related story that I posted also. See where it will end. iamoyindamola you wont have a choice but do polygamy.

"He is a 10, but he is married."

Nobody gree comot. These are the issues. pic.twitter.com/HLscLmMlmw

— Sir Dickson (@Wizarab10) October 10, 2026

This one below did not even bother dreaming, she just date two armed robbers with her full chest

“I’ve never followed them to any r0bbery operation before, the guy I was dating gave me one of the phones that they stole. I knew he was an armed r0bber. My first boyfriend is inside pris0n for robbery too and that’s when I started dating this new one that’s also an armed r0bber”… pic.twitter.com/Z9Dk08aiD2

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) October 14, 2026

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raumdeuter:
I got this same stat from a guy who is a CEO of a Nigerian company. Every girl is going for those 1%. Last last na aspiration, the reality is that majority will end up marrying for the bulk of men available

I guess everyone is allowed to dream, but the reality is only few dreams come true.

There are quite a handful of ladies I know personally who are in their early to mid 30s actively looking to settle down. The problem is most of the men that have been coming their way have one or more "comma" that makes them unsuitable for marriage. The guy may have a decent job with a roof over his head, but turn out to be AS genotype while the lady is also AS. There are those who are unsuitable for marriage due to religious differences, tribal differences, etc.

Imagine having all of those factors stacked against you, only to see a decent guy who tries to plan ur future with u and u call him stingy because he's not spendthrift .

raumdeuter:
You are in the Nigerian labor market, What percentage of single eligible(non yahoo boys) men make over #1m a month in income probably less than 20%?

You know some women dey like the bragging to their peers my BF bought this for me, by bf did that for me, Maybe 2 BF are doing this but 100 girls will be jealous and looking at that 2

I said Percentages and Probabilities are the most important topics in Maths and Life. 2 out of 20 SIngle men can afford iPhone with their honest wages, that is 10%(PERCENTAGES) of the population, Yet 90% of females want those 10% of guys. What is the PROBABILITY that the 10% will chose you out of the 90%

According to StatiSense, only 2.4% of Nigerians earn N200k & above monthly. That 2.4% comprises of men and women o, married & single.

It's safe to say an average single lady from a struggling background hoping to get married to a legit guy will marry from that pool except she's extremely lucky or she decides to go the other way by marrying Yahoo boy, drug mule, NURTW,etc

How they don't see this reality dey always Muse me.

afrodoc:
Shebi I told you that someone has been lying to him. Na internet dey deceive Semenyo. Genuinely and equally ke? 😁😁😁

😂

Somebody that blasted the ball into the stands with his left foot while standing few centimeters away from goal , dem say he’s skilled with his left foot equally with his right

FBS:
Reporting From the Internet

Footedness of Antoine Semenyo
Antoine Semenyo is genuinely two-footed, which means he is equally skilled at using both his left and right foot. This unique ability allows him to be versatile in his playing style, making him effective on either wing.

Reading this, one would think they are describing Santi Carzola or Ousman Dembele who are actually two footed fotballers that are highly skilled using both right and left foot.

Semenyo dey GBA with his fake left foot abeg!

iamoyindamola:
This country is just turning on its own, what kind of mistake is this

Could it be an error from the Nigerian bottling Company or it's counterfeit production?

Ọmọ! Everything just dey happen! pic.twitter.com/XmYmQMfd8w

— Ọ̀gbẹni Tọm (@Ogbenitom) October 15, 2026

Though it is the same company that produces both Eva and Fanta in Nigeria (NBC), I don't think the error is from them. In fact, I don't think it is an error because Eva and Fanta definitely have different production lines . There's no way the cap of Eva water will find its way to the Fanta production line.

The drink is probably a fake that was packed and mixed with original fanta. I think that was all those distributors do now, they mix counterfeit with originals. I mentioned here how I went to a big popular supermarket to get Hennessy for my baby's naming ceremony. We kept scanning with Hennessy reveal App and observed that before we confirm one bottle of original Hennessy, we fit don scan 6 to 8 that are clearly fake.

To my shock, all the dozens upon dozens of Henny we scanned that turned out to be fake, they didn't remove them from the store, they still kept it as stock and I know they will surely sell it to unsuspecting customers because they also didn't know it was fake when they were supplied by distributors. So, they don't want to take a loss.

GloriousGbola:
obligatory

social media and old media too have messed up peoples brains with regards to entitlement

Yeah, they are living in a bubble.

iamoyindamola:
The fact that these clowns will ask guys what their fathers can't provide for them is annoying, look at that one emphasising on I hate stingy men
Yet the next was worse compare to the one that is economic but tagged stingy

One thing about girls like that is: they almost always lose the responsible and reasonable guys that are have prospect of being financially stable in the future; only for them to either end up with a guy who is highly irresponsible despite being "rich" or they marry "faworaja" (Guys who are full of shiit, but have mastered the art of deceiving ladies with luxury they don't have until they are married and reality sets in).

afrodoc2:
Someone lied to him that he can use both feet. When trying to use that left to dribble, he carries it like a walking stick.

It's just so annoying to watch even as a neutral fan. Even if his fellow players are scared to tell him , the manager supposed fit tell him to stop the rubbish and play with his natural foot.

iamoyindamola:
When you go gen-z church

The extent of delusion in this our generation is actually scary and worrying. It is so troubling that even in places you expect common-sense, the level of blind commitment to destructive delusional fantasy is just mind-blowing.

Omo ehn.

The rude awakening that awaits all of us. pic.twitter.com/Wh8mGhqPXP

— OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 (@OurFavOnlineDoc) October 15, 2026

As much as I'm not a fan of the Bolaji guy, I think he was making sense till the other ladies said "Men Dey".

A lot of those ladies are deluded thinking there are tonnes of legit single men out there with good jobs willing to spend hundreds of thousands on them .

The truth is even a guy from a well-to-do family will not settle for ladies from struggling backgrounds who require a guy to finance their lifestyle while they only offer love and companionship.

It’s safe to say Semenyo is Man city’s Noni Madueke

This rubbish Semenyo is doing with his left leg is funny sha

VAR gives it anyways .

That should not be a penalty

Dem really swear for Semenyo inside this game , because what is this ?

Bombblacks:
Semenyo is both good and shite at the same time.

You are right , he’s getting most of the ball and pushing attack but his decision making ends up being questionable .

diggz:
Bouaddi!!! Better baller.

He has been on fire since he came on. There’s a clear difference between him and that childish Cherki

Semenyo is either playing his shot into the stands or playing it into the body of a defender . I say make dem check his account .