₦airaland Forum

Scamburster:
Oga I don't know you but God Almighty will and must bless you for me, for your lovely replies to those imbeciles and useless beings we unfortunately share the same contraptions called Nigeria 🇳🇬.

rickleye:
I have 3 stories of my encounters with NPF but I’ll be quiet. I don’t want to be unalive before my time.
Once I return to safety in the … I’ll post.

ogolemati:
police is just a group of arm robbers recruited by the government to torment the citizen's.i call them government license arm robbers

CyrusVI:

Useless contributions from an irrelevant person


We have a very conservative culture here and its only normal to see excesses like that as a violation of the law

Its not one of the developmental indices of a country, so comparing UK and the U.S to Nigeria on this basis is daft


Women cant uncover their hairs in public places in Saudi, yet you lots never related that to underdevelopment and you still even respect them for that

CyrusVI:

Useless contributions from an irrelevant person


We have a very conservative culture here and its only normal to see excesses like that as a violation of the law

Its not one of the developmental indices of a country, so comparing UK and the U.S to Nigeria on this basis is daft


Women cant uncover their hairs in public places in Saudi, yet you lots never related that to underdevelopment and you still even respect them for that

CyrusVI:

Useless contributions from an irrelevant person


We have a very conservative culture here and its only normal to see excesses like that as a violation of the law

Its not one of the developmental indices of a country, so comparing UK and the U.S to Nigeria on this basis is daft


Women cant uncover their hairs in public places in Saudi, yet you lots never related that to underdevelopment and you still even respect them for that

nlfpmod:
A UK-based Nigerian Engineer, Irish Naija, has supported Kemi Badenoch after she said the police in Nigeria robs people while recalling how the police stole her brother's shoes and watch.


Here is Irish Naija's story:


I used to run a kitchen in Yesufu Abiodun, Oniru, where I supplied food to banks and offices in Victoria Island, Lagos. My 15-year-old son often helped with deliveries, as he had just completed his WAEC exams in 2018. On one particular day, we had a delivery close to our house. Since it was nearby, he went without the driver, carrying the food and our POS machine.

Tragically, the Nigerian police abducted him, confiscated his phone, and took him to the anti-cultism unit in Gbagada. We searched everywhere in Victoria Island, unaware that he had been taken so far away. Eventually, they allowed him to call me, and his terrified voice broke me: “Mummy, are you on your way? I’m so scared.”

My husband and I, along with our lawyer, rushed to the station. At the gate, they took our phones, and then I saw my son—half-naked and sitting on the ground with over 100 others outside the station. I collapsed in tears. My husband, who is British, demanded to see the DPO and asked him directly: “What offense are you charging my son with?” The boy hadn’t been allowed to explain himself, yet the food and POS machine were right there at the station. The DPO’s response? “Because he dyed his hair.” That was it. Nothing more.

In the end, we were forced to pay for his release. This incident was a turning point for my husband, who decided that we couldn’t continue living in Nigeria.

What made this even more painful was the nature of our family. My children were homeschooled, had no social circles outside the family, and never went anywhere without us. They were raised in a closely-knit environment. At the time of this ordeal, I was seven months pregnant, and the trauma of the experience caused me to go into premature labor, resulting in an emergency C-section.

My son’s only “crime” was being a hardworking boy, helping with his parents’ legitimate business—a business that provided employment for Nigerians. For my husband, a white British man, to witness such injustice firsthand was a harrowing experience.

Many of us have bitter, painful stories about the Nigerian system. Yet when we speak out and tell the truth, we are accused of defamation or subjected to cyberbullying. It’s truly heartbreaking.

I personally say that Kemi should be left alone, she is saying exactly what she experienced and if I'm asked anywhere in the world the same question, I will narrate my ordeal, so will every member of my family!
https://x.com/Irishnaija/status/1868175824160952588?t=NLBcV5jvipgRLNCG6TJ3Rw&s=08[/quote]This alleged 2018 Police arrest case of the 15-year-old and others should have been escalated right up to HIGHER Police authorities at the Police HQ in Lagos State and Abuja (including the electronic media) in order to seek redress and retrieve the money that was allegedly paid to the Police DPO or any of his men to get that boy released. Why telling this story NOW? That DPO and his men can still be investigated if there is a digital transfer of money to him and his men and the Police should return that money to either this lady or her British spouse (whoever among them paid the money for the boy's release in 2018). However, it's a FACT that certain demographics are usually OR discretionarilly profiled (must be done with decency) by the Police or Intel agencies worldwide especially if you wear hooded tops at night in unusual places, dye your hair in weird colors, have excessive body tats and body piercings, etc. It is what it is.

In any event, the genuiness of that IrishNaija X account and the woman that made this X post have to be duly verified because there are fake accounts and troll farms out there on X and other social media platforms spewing "cleverly" written FAKE news, toxic hate speech and more. If the story is indeed true, then it's important to take things even more seriously and embark on more reforms in relation to the way some junior Police, and junior military personnel relate to especially Nigerian youths with bullying tactics and illegal detentions as reported in the online media which indeed led to the horrendous 2020 ENDSARS protests. That protest itself led to reforms but reforms MUST be a continuous journey. Body cams and devices for instantly incidenting cases and legit arrests must be made mandatory for all special Police operations so as to prevent accusations of alleged extortions and intimidations of folks. That's the global policing standard that a country such as Nigeria must emphasize on. Period.

Cas1741:
No one is lauding the Nigerian police, however, madam whose husband is white (not sure why you brag about that): have you not seen the British police harassing, arresting, handcuffing and detaining innocent black boys and men on the streets of London? Is there any day that some innocent black boy and man is not harassed, arrested and detained for doing absolutely nothing. Is there any country in the western world that is an exception to this kind of treatment, please mention one. Are you not aware of the killings of black men by police in the USA for doing nothing wrong? How did 'Black Lives Matter" movement in UK your haven and around the world start, madam my husband is British my foot?

Konquest:
This alleged 2018 Police arrest case of the 15-year-old should have been escalated to HIGHER Police authorities at the Police HQ in Lagos State and Abuja (including the media) in order to seek redress and retrieve the money that was allegedly paid to the Police DPO or any of his men to get that boy released. Why telling this story NOW? That DPO and his men can still be investigated if there is a digital transfer of money to him and his men and the Police should return that money to the either this lady or her British spouse (whoever among them paid the money for the boy's release in 2018). However, it's a fact that certain demographics are usually OR discretionally profiled (must be done with decency) by the Police or Intel agencies worldwide especially if you wear hooded tops, dye your hair in weird colors, have tats and body piercings, etc. It is what it is.

In any event, the genuiness of that IrishNaija X account and the woman that made this comment have to be duly verified because there are fake accounts and troll farms out there on X and other social media platforms spewing FAKE news, toxic hate speech and more. If the story is indeed true, then it's time to take things even more seriously and embark on more reforms in relation to the way some junior Police, and junior military personnel relate to especially Nigerian youths with bullying tactics and illegal detentions as reported in the online media which indeed led to the horrendous 2020 ENDSARS protests. That protest itself led to reforms but reforms MUST be a continuous journey. Body cams and devices for instantly incidenting cases and legit arrests must be made mandatory for all special Police operations so as to prevent accusations of alleged extortions and intimidations of folks. That's the global standard that a country such as Nigeria must emphasize on. Period.

HazzanTazzan:
You’re stoopeed for the analogy used as a comparison…

The law in saudi states so so and so and if you go against it, it is a crime…

What law in Nigeria makes it a crime to dye your hair to the point that you will be arrested by police just for that ?

What law makes it a crime to be on the road at 8pm that police officers will arrest you and label you a criminal?

Idiat

blowjohn:
Yes any man wearing earrings should be arrested.

Because most men that do so are cultists, gays, rogues, crooks, and robbers.


No decent man wears earrings

CyrusVI:

Useless contributions from an irrelevant person


We have a very conservative culture here and its only normal to see excesses like that as a violation of the law

Its not one of the developmental indices of a country, so comparing UK and the U.S to Nigeria on this basis is daft


Women cant uncover their hairs in public places in Saudi, yet you lots never related that to underdevelopment and you still even respect them for that

IfnobeGod20:
You made some valid points in your comment but you missed one issue raised in the news. The news said DPO, a DPO is not a junior officer but you streamlined the offence to only junior police officer. Must of, if not all unconstitutional offences committed by these junior officers are aided by the senior ones. Meaning they are both culpable.

bestman09:

KEMI BAD ENOCH 2 - Nigerian police 0.

If ordinary Nigerians share their own experiences in the hands of Nigerian police, you will agree that they should be disbanded.

yommen:
Was Tinubu president in 2018? Someone destined not to have sense wil never ever have sense no matter what!

CyrusVI:

Useless contributions from an irrelevant person


We have a very conservative culture here and its only normal to see excesses like that as a violation of the law

Its not one of the developmental indices of a country, so comparing UK and the U.S to Nigeria on this basis is daft


Women cant uncover their hairs in public places in Saudi, yet you lots never related that to underdevelopment and you still even respect them for that

Gboom:
Your lack morals and I doubt you have parents at home

ogolemati:
police is just a group of arm robbers recruited by the government to torment the citizen's.i call them government license arm robbers

CyrusVI:

Useless contributions from an irrelevant person


We have a very conservative culture here and its only normal to see excesses like that as a violation of the law

Its not one of the developmental indices of a country, so comparing UK and the U.S to Nigeria on this basis is daft


Women cant uncover their hairs in public places in Saudi, yet you lots never related that to underdevelopment and you still even respect them for that

sheguy:
I love the way this woman is calling the Nigeria police out.

Since end SAR could not stop, may be her talk will reduce their excesses.

onatisi:
don't blame them boss , they have become so used to it to the extent that they believe it is normal and anything other than brute force is not normal.
They enter public transport, the transport unions insult them, police slaps anyone ,even in their. Workplaces they are abused .so it is now normal to them

IfnobeGod20:
Can you quote one section of our constitution that forbid that? I shall be waiting for that.
Some of you just want to turn this country to banana republic.
Mr. Man, your personal ideology does not tally with Nigerian constitution. This is the same mindset some police officers has to make them terrorizing citizens.

StaffofOrayan:
Show me any criminal arrested in the past year that wore earrings,

Sleekfingers:
Under which law? You better change this your ape like mentality.