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muyico:
My guy? Forget am, you jamb dey re luck, some officer will drag Ur car key from you, and drive Ur car to dey re office, just thank ya star ⭐✨

People perish for lack of knowledge.

Unless the punishment for the offence is impound, no frsc personnel can take your keys.
NONE!!!

Get enlightened.

BluntCrazeMan:
This happened to me in Awka, Anambra State.
(Those officers didn't know that they met with a strong-headed but quiet somebody)

For those persons who know Awka very well, this thing happened at that Military Checkpoint which is very close to the ICC center, along the old road.

On this particular day in question, the FRSC officers were also operating near this Military Checkpoint in question. They usually do that on some days.

They stopped me for no obvious reasons, and I parked one side, so that I wouldn't be seen as disobeying the officers of an instituted authority while they are on their legal duty.
They demanded for my papers which I gave to them, and they checked everything and gave the papers back to me.

They demanded that I opened my car boot (my car trunk). After they finished all their searchings and checkings (they even checked the spare tyres and jack and triangles), they later said that my Fire Extinguisher 🧯 has expired, that its pointer is not pointing within the green range on its indicator.

I said “Ok,, so what next”?

They started booking me (for the offence they said I committed).
I stood there quietly and silently, and waited for them to finish.

(if the officer had taken me to the back of the car early enough, and wanted to settle my matter quickly, I might have considered settling myself with them there-and-then in order to be on my way as quickly as possible,, but since they have decided to waste my time on protocols, then I decided that we must do the protocols to the end, and they won't get any shii-shii from me -- whatever money I have to pay, it must be to the headquarters, and not to them again.)

After they finished wasting all my time while they booked me, they came and told me that I should pay ₦12,000.

I said “Okay”.
I didn't even argue.
He then said that I should pay to them so that they can help me and pay it for me.

That was when I started my own wahalla..

I said to them that I won't give them shii-shii..
I will pay the ₦12,000.. No Problems.
But I must pay it directly into the FRSC Headquarters’ Bank Account.. AND NO TO THEM.!!
The officer directed me to their oga.

I was laughing at all of them inside my heart.

Their oga said I should leave my vehicle there with them and go to any bank which is close-by, and that the bank will generate Remita code for me, before I can pay.
He told me that it is usually long process, and that is the reason why they usually opt to do it for the people, so that they can lump all the money together at the end of the day and generate one Remita Code..

I now laughed-out..
I couldn't hold the laugh any longer.
He asked me why I was laughing,, I just showed him my phone.
I had already logged-in to the Remita App on my phone while he was still talking,, and I had even found the FRSC on the Remita App..

I told them that I will make the payment directly to the REMITA, and generate the receipt right in front of them, and go and find a printer anywhere, and print it out and give to them, and that the whole thing wouldn't even waste 15-Minutes.!!

The officer told me that it seems that I am a person of trouble.!!
I told him “No oooo!!”

I then told him that before I make the payment, that I need to read the content of the document which they used to book me..
He gave it to me, and I finished reading it.
I saw the offence they said that I committed, but I didn't see where they wrote any amount that corresponded to the offence.
They didn't even write “₦12,000” on top of that document..

I asked him how he knew that my offence is equal to ₦12,000? I told him to write it on top of that booking document.. The rule I broke and the corresponding penalty to it,, then, a summation at the bottom which shows how much I should pay.

That was how I started teaching the officer how to book people properly for offences.
He was visibly not comfortable that I had all the time in the world to waste with him.

I told him that:
“it is either he gave me my own duplicate-copy of the booking document, or else I take a photograph of the booking, I would print out and keep inside my archive of payment-receipts -- which helps me whenever I am doing my financial audits”

He shouted “haaaaa.!! That one will be difficult ooo”
I asked them whether it is also difficult for them to give me my own duplicate copy?? And they said “YES”,, that they don't usually give it out..

I was visibly enraged..
I asked them: “How can I be paying for something I don't even know how it came about, and yet, there is no evidence for me to keep -- which confirmed that I paid for such a thing??”

I now demanded for them to also show me the the book or booklet that contains the schedule or the rundown of all the possible offences that someone can possibly commit and all their respective penalties -- so that I can snap photos of them too, because I need to know all these offences and study them very well, so that I won't commit another offence again another day.

The Oga said to me,, Oga, please bring ₦3,000 and go your way abbegg..
I told him that I don't even have ₦500 cash on me.. But I can do the ₦12,000 to Remita, because it is wireless.
They told me to go and do POS and give them the ₦3000 cash, but I refused.
I had to tell them that they had wasted my time so much to an extent that everything must have to be fully done accordingly in accordance to the strict protocols, and therefore, let us do the whole protocols to the end.

I then told them that I also even needed to snap the photos of the document which they used to charge me,, and to also snap photos of their main book which contained the list of all possible traffic offences..

The next thing he said was: “Oga, come and be going abbegg.!!”

I was like,, “After you finished wasting all my time.?? What about the booking nko?”

They said that they will tear it., that it is no more necessary again.

I still pestered them further, that the reason they wanted me to go just like-that is because they wouldn't want me to know all the other hidden traffic offences, so that they will catch me another day.. I told them that they should get the document which contained all the traffic offences so I can have a look at it; but they told me that they didn't come to the field with it, that the document is at their office, that I can drive to their office and demand for it.

That was when I got back inside my vehicle, started my vehicle, and dropped one parting word for them:
“This nonsense you people did to me is the exact reason why nobody likes to stop whenever they see you guys on the road.. This thing you are always do to people is the exact reason why a lot of people end-up seeing you guys as grossly unprofessional in your dealings with the people,, and it is too baadd..”

AND I DROVE OFF,, AND LEFT THEM..!!

What pained me most (after I left there) was that I didn't even take time and look around chests and shoulders of those officers to see whether I can get their names and their service numbers..

It would have made it very easy for me to report them to their headquarters, without having to waste too much time in explaining their identities..


Assuming that I ended up paying that ₦12,000 on Remita, I would have vehemently insisted on taking the photographs of both the original booking and the duplicate copy which is supposed to be my own,, and I will find @FRSCNigeria on Twitter and on all social media, and even their Official Email Address, and I will continue to send them messages -- until someone responds to me.

That day was almost totally wasted for me.
I spent like two hours there,, arguing back-and-forth with them..
The experience was so bad.!!

It even turns out that many Nigerians are suffering exactly the same thing in the hands of FRSC Officials... And some of them have come up here on Nairaland to tell their own stories too..
See an example inside the thread below..
👇🏾 👇🏾
https://www.nairaland.com/7702932/ordeal-frsc-officers-car-fire


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MY DEAR FELLOW NIGERIANS,, AS YOU ARE READING THIS EXPERIENCE OF MINE, PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE REMITA APP RIGHT NOW, AND ACTIVATE IT IMMEDIATELY.

WHEN NEXT THE FRSC OFFICERS HOLD YOU DOWN ON THE ROAD FOR ANY TRAFFIC OFFENCE -- (EVEN BEFORE THEY START BOOKING YOU) -- JUST TELL THEM IMMEDIATELY THAT YOU HAVE REMITA ON YOUR PHONE, AND THAT IT IS THROUGH REMITA THAT YOU MUST PAY ANY OF THE PENALTY THEY WOULD BOOK YOU FOR; AND THAT YOU WILL GO AND PRINT THE RECEIPTS OF THE REMITA-PAYMENT FOR THEM TO USE AND CONFIRM WITH THE ABUJA HEADQUARTERS. AND THEN, ALSO INSIST THAT THEY MUST BREAK DOWN ALL THE FEES OF THE PENALTIES FOR YOU, AND GIVE YOU A COPY OF THE BREAKDOWN..

WITH THAT, THEY WILL HANDLE YOUR CASE IN THE MOST ORGANIZED AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER..

Good job.

We need more people like you.

Nothing will happen worst is paying the fine 4k at most

BluntCrazeMan:
So,, if their oga get strong-head true-true, na wetin him for do exactly.??


(Don't forget that military men were just very close -- manning their own military checkpoint a few poles away -- and they were watching everything that was going on..)

Kalulu44:
See Mr BluntCrazeMan, I just want to use this your story to corroborate mine and many other things in the hands of uniform men in Nigeria.
I used to tell people, if you're clean and innocent you won't be harrased by our uniform men anyhow. And also if your documents wether be it vehicle or work own are up to date, you will feel confident to stand up to them.
I used to shake my head whenever some people say they pay huge amount of money to police or whatever even though no incriminating thing was found on them. That's a lie bro or sis. Some of you pay this money bcus you are either in a hurry or have some illegal things in your phones or possession.
.
Let me tell you a little about myself. I'm 45 now and just retired from commercial bus driving earlier this year.
In my 20yrs of driving on Lagos road, I have never gone to a police station and stay more than 20 or 30min before case is settled. I don't know how FRSC or VIO offices look like except seeing them from the road.
So how do I manage to avoid their wahala and shenanigans, simply put. Make sure all your papers and driver's license are up to date.
Everything you know road safety will disturb you with, get them. And you will be confident to stop for them and then go when they have found you clean.
.
Now having my documents up to date doesn't mean I don't settled or bribe them at times. The cus of this settlement is when one is in a hurry to meet up with your trips especially during rushing hour to pick passengers. And secondly passengers sometimes make you bribe them with "abeg oga no delay us we dey go work".
But honestly if I have their time and not too in hurry. I always park and let them check whatever they want to check.
Like for example, there was a time a serious traffic was at the express of between national theatre to Orile bus stop in Lagos. So many vehicles were taking the alternate route of brewery along Indomie company.
So I took there, only for some policemen to start collecting #500 from us.
When it got my turn, I told them I can only afford #200. They said no way and told me to park. I wanted to cause obstruction but decided against it knowing full well how police behave.
.
So I parked, the usual shout from passengers that I should pay them and let's go now didn't get to me. Cus it was evening time and that was my last trip for the day.
One of the police man came to meet me again and said howfar, wey your #500. I told him I don't have both the #500 and even the #200 I suggested earlier. He said ok, he's coming for me that my vehicle must reach station today and I will pay times ten of what he asked from me. I just laughed it off.
Then someone tapped me among the passengers and said, oga this one you're confident like this. Are all your documents complete, I nodded yes and he came down, went straight to one of the policemen and told them to come attend to me before anything.
They were reluctant, cus they intend on delaying me till when they will take me away.
.
But the man showed them his ID and lo he was a lawyer. He told them if they don't attend to us on time he will take the matter serious.
One of the oga police came to where I was parked and said "shebi you don go call lawyer for us, just pray make any of your papers no complete first".
He then asked me my papers and driver's license. I confidently gave him everything.
After some minutes perusing everything and trying to come with one excuse, he couldn't find any. He then gave me back my papers, and said I should bring the #200 I wanted to give them earlier. Before I tried to say something, the lawyer has already said it on my behalf. No way is he going to give you anything after all the time wasting.
.
Me I just laughed, tell my passengers to board and we moved. Along the way, the lawyer told the passengers that they shouldn't always be in hurry. That it's due to being in a hurry that policemen used in extorting drivers. And also how he wish all commercial buses have complete papers like me.
So guys, in Nigeria just be clean and original and you won't be harrased anyhow by our force men

God bless you and bless your retirement plans.

We can still save this country.

9icetoo:
God bless you and bless your retirement plans.

We can still save this country.

Thanks and God bless you too.
Saving Nigeria is what's supposed to be in our endeavors

9icetoo:
Good job.

We need more people like you.

Thanks.!!

BluntCrazeMan:
So,, if their oga get strong-head true-true, na wetin him for do exactly.??


(Don't forget that military men were just very close -- manning their own military checkpoint a few poles away -- and they were watching everything that was going on..)

Have you checked payvis for the booking,if it has truly been cancelled

I don't understand dis your write-up pls.
If you can state it clearer, i will be grateful.

waslag11:
Sometimes if I'm driving long distance journey ( Lagos to SS or SE) I always prefer they booked me in interchange for lighter offense like between 2k to 3k just to avoid their palava. So any of their checking points I'll just say this motor has been booked and presented the paper my going and coming back is free from them . As I'm coming back branch at ijebu ode pay my fine and go to their office in interchange to collect my driving license. I always make such I travel with original licence (frsc) and duplicate for police. Sometimes I used it to cajoe police no to give them their right

muyico:
My guy? Forget am, you jamb dey re luck, some officer will drag Ur car key from you, and drive Ur car to dey re office, just thank ya star ⭐✨

The way most of you in Nigeria support or give room for corruption to go on in Nigeria is the reason Nigeria is the way it is till tomorrow.

This story we are reading reminds me of the day I wrote a petition against a DPO in my area and people like you came to tell me how endangered my life was going to be.

But later, after meeting with the CP and other senior police officers in the state, it was the DPO and his team that came to beg me to withdraw the matter.

He was later transferred out of my location for comfort sake.

BluntCrazeMan:
I tweeted them at that time though...

But being that I didn't later get to pay,, I guess that was the reason they didn't even bother to respond to me..

They didn't even show me the list of offences and their penalties -- which I requested for on several occasions after that.

Encourage everyone to tweet this your beautifully written thread to them and Facebook them and Instagram etc them, for you us, so we all benefit that you handled them so well. Thank you.

Reminds me how I right hand drove a danfo full of books from Lagos to the Orolu Kingdom. I took over after the driver decided to fight police at the first check point at the port.

I'd drive past all the traffic and stop at their point and tell them I'm taking these books to the library in the Kingdom. Here, have a book. It is all I have. And if they don't let me go I'd start giving books to passengers in the cars and they couldn't collect ₦50 from them.

The one ₦50 I paid was in Ifon at quatre to midnight because I was burnt out. I'd been on the road since 6am. Lagos-Ibadan-Osogbo-Ifon was like 20 checkpoints.

#FRSCTweetFBInstagram

OgbeniOja1:
Let me post the traffic offences and their fines

28 ATTEMPTING TO CORRUPT A MARSHALL

10 points. ₦10000 Fine.

Basically, you'll be fined if you bribe.

Yes bro we are doing our best as special Marshalls to educate the public against giving bribes

budaatum:
28 ATTEMPTING TO CORRUPT A MARSHALL

10 points. ₦10000 Fine.

Basically, you'll be fined if you bribe.

brain54:
Of all the security agencies...

(Or whatever they are called)

Frsc seems to be the calmest and most professional from my personal experiences. I only had a bad encounter with them one time I think in ondo. (I didn't say they are not unprofessional too... because some people don't comprehend easily)

I think it's mostly because their staff are the most educated. I call them the most elite of the "security" agencies and are the least likely to harass you.


The ones I hate are VIO those ones are idiotic. I stopped parking for them!

The ones in the SW don't collect cash. You have to pay to the bank and give them the receipt of payment at their respective offices.

muyico:
My guy? Forget am, you jamb dey re luck, some officer will drag Ur car key from you, and drive Ur car to dey re office, just thank ya star ⭐✨

forget that thing! E go collect key na....after e drive the car for like 1km, I go use my tracker disable the fuel flow...engine go off....

9icetoo:
God bless you and bless your retirement plans.

We can still save this country.

We can still save this country.!!

jeff1607:
Have you checked payvis for the booking,if it has truly been cancelled

Drop the full link plss,, let me go and check it there.!!

MEGAWATCH:
The way most of you in Nigeria support or give room for corruption to go on in Nigeria is the reason Nigeria is the way it is till tomorrow.

This story we are reading reminds me of the day I wrote a petition against a DPO in my area and people like you came to tell me how endangered my life was going to be.

But later, after meeting with the CP and other senior police officers in the state, it was the DPO and his team that came to beg me to withdraw the matter.

He was later transferred out of my location for comfort sake.

We are always feeling too defeated “as a people”...

And we are actually the ones defeating ourselves by giving our WEAK ENEMIES lots of powers over us.!!

Kalulu44:
See Mr BluntCrazeMan, I just want to use this your story to corroborate mine and many other things in the hands of uniform men in Nigeria.
I used to tell people, if you're clean and innocent you won't be harrased by our uniform men anyhow. And also if your documents wether be it vehicle or work own are up to date, you will feel confident to stand up to them.
I used to shake my head whenever some people say they pay huge amount of money to police or whatever even though no incriminating thing was found on them. That's a lie bro or sis. Some of you pay this money bcus you are either in a hurry or have some illegal things in your phones or possession.
.
Let me tell you a little about myself. I'm 45 now and just retired from commercial bus driving earlier this year.
In my 20yrs of driving on Lagos road, I have never gone to a police station and stay more than 20 or 30min before case is settled. I don't know how FRSC or VIO offices look like except seeing them from the road.
So how do I manage to avoid their wahala and shenanigans, simply put. Make sure all your papers and driver's license are up to date.
Everything you know road safety will disturb you with, get them. And you will be confident to stop for them and then go when they have found you clean.
.
Now having my documents up to date doesn't mean I don't settled or bribe them at times. The cus of this settlement is when one is in a hurry to meet up with your trips especially during rushing hour to pick passengers. And secondly passengers sometimes make you bribe them with "abeg oga no delay us we dey go work".
But honestly if I have their time and not too in hurry. I always park and let them check whatever they want to check.
Like for example, there was a time a serious traffic was at the express of between national theatre to Orile bus stop in Lagos. So many vehicles were taking the alternate route of brewery along Indomie company.
So I took there, only for some policemen to start collecting #500 from us.
When it got my turn, I told them I can only afford #200. They said no way and told me to park. I wanted to cause obstruction but decided against it knowing full well how police behave.
.
So I parked, the usual shout from passengers that I should pay them and let's go now didn't get to me. Cus it was evening time and that was my last trip for the day.
One of the police man came to meet me again and said howfar, wey your #500. I told him I don't have both the #500 and even the #200 I suggested earlier. He said ok, he's coming for me that my vehicle must reach station today and I will pay times ten of what he asked from me. I just laughed it off.
Then someone tapped me among the passengers and said, oga this one you're confident like this. Are all your documents complete, I nodded yes and he came down, went straight to one of the policemen and told them to come attend to me before anything.
They were reluctant, cus they intend on delaying me till when they will take me away.
.
But the man showed them his ID and lo he was a lawyer. He told them if they don't attend to us on time he will take the matter serious.
One of the oga police came to where I was parked and said "shebi you don go call lawyer for us, just pray make any of your papers no complete first".
He then asked me my papers and driver's license. I confidently gave him everything.
After some minutes perusing everything and trying to come with one excuse, he couldn't find any. He then gave me back my papers, and said I should bring the #200 I wanted to give them earlier. Before I tried to say something, the lawyer has already said it on my behalf. No way is he going to give you anything after all the time wasting.
.
Me I just laughed, tell my passengers to board and we moved. Along the way, the lawyer told the passengers that they shouldn't always be in hurry. That it's due to being in a hurry that policemen used in extorting drivers. And also how he wish all commercial buses have complete papers like me.
So guys, in Nigeria just be clean and original and you won't be harrased anyhow by our force men

Wooww..

People like you are the reasons why our country is still currently a sane country to some extent.!!

Keep it up.!!

BluntCrazeMan:
Wooww..

People like you are the reasons why our country is still currently a sane country to some extent.!!

Keep it up.!!

Thanks for the compliment man

My brother, they have tried this nonsense with me before on my way from Ph to Owerri. They said my offense was 35k. I didn’t even try to banter words with them but one thing was certain, they would never get shishi from me.

I insisted i MUST pay at the bank, directly into the Government’s account. They refused to give me the account number, that they didn’t have it. That i should pay to them .

I left my car and took a public bus to a bank at Obinze, spoke with the guys at the bank and they generated the payment code, i did the payment and got back with the receipt. Shishi, they didn’t see.
Infact, they couldn’t leave the post at the close of their duty until i returned to get my car ‘cause my car was now at their risk. Woe betides them if even a scratch is noticed on it. Na security work them come begin do for the car until i returned.

One Kobo of mine can never be spent on foolish people.