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oyeb15:
Why did u pick d phone on d floor in the first place

I have learnt my lesson
I shouldn't have pick up the phone.
I blamed myself
Some people started calling me names that I was so stupid to have returned the phone back to him.
I can't take something that doesn't belong to me

Breaker001:
You have done what the UNIVERSE expected you to do. As for the man who repayed you much evil for the good you did to him, the UNIVERSE will definitely see to it that he get the payback that he deserves.
Don't bother yourself about him. Para venture, you see another lost phone, return it to the owner 😎

Thanks
I will just wake pass ni
I can't try it again in my life.

churro:
Yea, but where? On the ground, insude a bus, near a gutter? Where? Honestly, your story isn't flowing.

It was on the ground that I saw the phone, I guess the phone fell down from his hand when he was high or so

saintopus:
The story is disjointed much detail is needed.

you are saying this under this assumption that we have a normal police force, unfortunately, we don't. They see everything as an opportunity to make money. They will forget to apply critical reasoning to such issues that the accuser can't keep money where people charge phones.

Bittersweetnig:
police suppose to detaiñed the wedder for lying under oath for obstruction of justice

Don't be surprised that welder is in the same syndicate with the police.

olubunmimary100:
Good morning everyone

I don't know if this is the right section to post this thread.

An incident happened to me two weeks ago, on my way heading to church, I saw an infinix hot 8 phone, I took the phone to see if there is a way to locate the owner but the phone was off, that day happens to be on Wednesday, at last I was able to locate the owner on Friday, on the screen saver of the phone I saw the picture of the owner, the owner happens to be a welder, I had to locate him and give the phone back to him, he was very excited and he thanked me for returning the phone.

I was on my way coming from church on Sunday when the guy came with two policemen to arrest me that I stole the phone where he was charging it with 500,000 and power bank, and also borrowed 3k recharge card on the sim card, he was screaming very hard at the police station.

Instead of the police to investigate the matter, they said I was at fault that the phone has spent more than 24hours in my hand.

To cut the long story short,it was people In that area that came to my rescue that that was was always high on substance like weed and Colorado that the police should not mind him, after I was detained for over 24hours, i I was told to pay for the power bank, pay the 3k and bail fee....

Life is a lesson

The more we live the more we learn
I have learnt a very big lesson.

Report the matter at a higher police Station

2023Blessed:
Lessons learnt.

Should you return a lost phone again? YES

How should you do it? Get 3 witnesses and draft a simple lost but found agreement, stating exactly what you found. Let the owner of the lost item sign that he accepts that you are not to be held liable for anything after returning the phone which you saw.

Ideally, this should be done in a police station but only very few of those criminals in uniform can be trusted.

Document the events (most likely with video recordings) from when you found out, how you were able to reach out to the owner, etc.

Include in the agreement that if the owner of the lost item ever turns out around to falsely accuse you, you are at liberty to sue him/her to court.

Corollary:
I just saw a post where someone said something about picking up the phone of someone who was murdered.

That's a tricky one. And that is where proper documentation is important. Do not pick up a phone with your bare hands. It's not like we have proper criminal forensic capacity in Nigeria, but better be safe than sorry.
While making a video, draw the attention of 3-4 passers-by. Let them know you saw the phone and you are not willing to carry it. One idiot might claim it's his/hers, the wayray don claim problem be that.
However, if nobody claims it, then the police can be notified via call (no waka enter police station o....hmm) to come and pick it up. As soon as police appear, and you don video their face, moveeeeeee!

Make sure your video recording is a live stream. E get why too..... God go help us

Ogbeni, why go through all this wahala when you can simply face front and ignore the phone. Which kind thing be this?

I always say it,a Nigerian police that still doesn't use forensics,even basic fingerprint to solve crimes,something the West started using around 1880,is not just unacceptable but an embarrassment to any black Nation.
Somebody said 500k was withdrawn from an account.It wouldn't take 2minutes to go through his bank history to authenticate the story,then confirm the account the alleged money was transferred to.
But no,the police sees every case as an avenue to make money and always abandon their commonsense.
They only take murder cases serious using torture and confession

olubunmimary100:
Good morning everyone

I don't know if this is the right section to post this thread.

An incident happened to me two weeks ago, on my way heading to church, I saw an infinix hot 8 phone, I took the phone to see if there is a way to locate the owner but the phone was off, that day happens to be on Wednesday, at last I was able to locate the owner on Friday, on the screen saver of the phone I saw the picture of the owner, the owner happens to be a welder, I had to locate him and give the phone back to him, he was very excited and he thanked me for returning the phone.

I was on my way coming from church on Sunday when the guy came with two policemen to arrest me that I stole the phone where he was charging it with 500,000 and power bank, and also borrowed 3k recharge card on the sim card, he was screaming very hard at the police station.

Instead of the police to investigate the matter, they said I was at fault that the phone has spent more than 24hours in my hand.

To cut the long story short,it was people In that area that came to my rescue that that was was always high on substance like weed and Colorado that the police should not mind him, after I was detained for over 24hours, i I was told to pay for the power bank, pay the 3k and bail fee....

Life is a lesson

The more we live the more we learn
I have learnt a very big lesson.

God bless you for ur good hrt and sorry for the pain u encountered afterwards, however, police only took advantage of you. They CANNOT try 1/4 of that nonsense with me.

2023Blessed:
Lessons learnt.

Should you return a lost phone again? YES

How should you do it? Get 3 witnesses and draft a simple lost but found agreement, stating exactly what you found. Let the owner of the lost item sign that he accepts that you are not to be held liable for anything after returning the phone which you saw.

Ideally, this should be done in a police station but only very few of those criminals in uniform can be trusted.

Document the events (most likely with video recordings) from when you found out, how you were able to reach out to the owner, etc.

Include in the agreement that if the owner of the lost item ever turns out around to falsely accuse you, you are at liberty to sue him/her to court.

Corollary:
I just saw a post where someone said something about picking up the phone of someone who was murdered.

That's a tricky one. And that is where proper documentation is important. Do not pick up a phone with your bare hands. It's not like we have proper criminal forensic capacity in Nigeria, but better be safe than sorry.
While making a video, draw the attention of 3-4 passers-by. Let them know you saw the phone and you are not willing to carry it. One idiot might claim it's his/hers, the wayray don claim problem be that.
However, if nobody claims it, then the police can be notified via call (no waka enter police station o....hmm) to come and pick it up. As soon as police appear, and you don video their face, moveeeeeee!

Make sure your video recording is a live stream. E get why too..... God go help us

So make i go through all this...cos say i wan return phone

Let the phone and the owner GTFO

saintopus:
For instance you said you picked a phone from where? In a bus, on the road, charging house, church where exactly do you pick up the phone?

He said on his way to church na...the exact spot now isn't an isaue

SpencerForbes:
If you have a choice, just pray you encounter Soldiers instead. At least Soldier go just give you small 'reception' (beating) and let you go

^^^
That 'small reception' could end in your death. It has happened in this country before and it will happen again.

There is no 'choice' between those two groups. They are the same thing.

Hangulsaram:
He did n't tell us how he manage to locate the own, did he later on the phone and receive call from the owner or he went about going from house to house to locate the owner?

U no de read...didn't you see from the screensaver...he knew the guy or someone else helped identify him

let me tell you what happen to my friend who is abroad, this was the era when phone was still a scares commodity. while inside a danfo he was holding a bagosack with food stuff given by the mum as he prepare to return to school the person sitting in front of him started looking for his phone and the whole bus was in a frenzy the few with phone where calling and the phone did not ring out, when he got home as he was unloading the sack he saw the phone.

assuming it rang out inside the bus they will never have believed him and he may have being killed cause no one will want to buy his story that he did not know the phone fell inside his bag, dude is in canada now but who knows what might have being

brain54:
Who keeps 500k where they are charging their phone...?🤷


Police too is one of the major problem of this country!

Police is not one major, saying one is like not saying the truth about it.
They are the 70% major problem of all sections in Nigeria. On the road, in the station, arresting innocent people, bride and corruption, exchanging criminals with a innocent people, releasing real criminals back into the society, escorting public office holder very corrupt, doing most of their dirty jobs etc.

Who trained the first to the 10th Nigeria police self?

I'm asking this questions all the time.
If the foundation be faulty, what can the righteous do?

brain54:
Who keeps 500k where they are charging their phone...?🤷


Police too is one of the major problem of this country!

Honestly, they're enablers in a way cos they know when a story is a lie. Either ways, I partially blame the guy for holding on to the phone, cos being a good samaritan requires wisdom in today's world. You see something, raise an alarm immediately so you have witnesses.

May our good not turn to evil.

2023Blessed:
Lessons learnt.

Should you return a lost phone again? YES

How should you do it? Get 3 witnesses and draft a simple lost but found agreement, stating exactly what you found. Let the owner of the lost item sign that he accepts that you are not to be held liable for anything after returning the phone which you saw.

Ideally, this should be done in a police station but only very few of those criminals in uniform can be trusted.

Document the events (most likely with video recordings) from when you found out, how you were able to reach out to the owner, etc.

Include in the agreement that if the owner of the lost item ever turns out around to falsely accuse you, you are at liberty to sue him/her to court.

Corollary:
I just saw a post where someone said something about picking up the phone of someone who was murdered.

That's a tricky one. And that is where proper documentation is important. Do not pick up a phone with your bare hands. It's not like we have proper criminal forensic capacity in Nigeria, but better be safe than sorry.
While making a video, draw the attention of 3-4 passers-by. Let them know you saw the phone and you are not willing to carry it. One idiot might claim it's his/hers, the wayray don claim problem be that.
However, if nobody claims it, then the police can be notified via call (no waka enter police station o....hmm) to come and pick it up. As soon as police appear, and you don video their face, moveeeeeee!

Make sure your video recording is a live stream. E get why too..... God go help us

I I need to do this, I would never pick a lost phone. I can't stress myself trying to help someone.

saintopus:
For instance you said you picked a phone from where? In a bus, on the road, charging house, church where exactly do you pick up the phone?

Does that matter?

What matters is that he choose to do the responsible thing and return the phone to the owner.

The truth is that the vast majority of phone owners are happy when tbey retrieve their phones. Its the wicked and ungrateful ones that usually cause a storm, and one reason is because most of them would probably never return anyones phone.

Oue Father in the heavens makes the "sun to rise on both the wicked and the good, and he makes the rain to fall on both the righteous and the unrighteous."(Read Matthewa 5:45)

airsaylongcome:
Someone who writes fables using AI. The original post is replete with hallmarks of AI slop

That is why, in the future, when you see news, you don’t have to believe it immediately. You should verify it very well before doing anything with it. And I think there should be internet police to deal with these kinds of issues.

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olubunmimary100:
Good morning everyone

I don't know if this is the right section to post this thread.

An incident happened to me two weeks ago, on my way heading to church, I saw an infinix hot 8 phone, I took the phone to see if there is a way to locate the owner but the phone was off, that day happens to be on Wednesday, at last I was able to locate the owner on Friday, on the screen saver of the phone I saw the picture of the owner, the owner happens to be a welder, I had to locate him and give the phone back to him, he was very excited and he thanked me for returning the phone.

I was on my way coming from church on Sunday when the guy came with two policemen to arrest me that I stole the phone where he was charging it with 500,000 and power bank, and also borrowed 3k recharge card on the sim card, he was screaming very hard at the police station.

Instead of the police to investigate the matter, they said I was at fault that the phone has spent more than 24hours in my hand.

To cut the long story short,it was people In that area that came to my rescue that that was was always high on substance like weed and Colorado that the police should not mind him, after I was detained for over 24hours, i I was told to pay for the power bank, pay the 3k and bail fee....

Life is a lesson

The more we live the more we learn
I have learnt a very big lesson.

See naija police in action...smh

olubunmimary100:
Nothing like more details or so
I decided to post my experience so that others won't fall victim
Doing good can put someone in trouble
A lot of innocent citizens are in trouble because of the crime they haven't committed.
If such happens next time I know the next thing to do.
It's either I break it or throw it into the river.
I can't even go to the station to report to the police.

They just said you borrowed 3k on the Sim and you paid? Did you insist on confirming when the 3k was borrowed? Was it the period the phone was with you? Who's number was the 3k borrowed to? Did they even confirm from service provider if any 3k was borrowed? How did you unlock the phone? More details abeg!!

olubunmimary100:
Nothing like more details or so
I decided to post my experience so that others won't fall victim
Doing good can put someone in trouble
A lot of innocent citizens are in trouble because of the crime they haven't committed.
If such happens next time I know the next thing to do.
It's either I break it or throw it into the river.
I can't even go to the station to report to the police.

baba fling am...

Omo

saintopus:
The story is disjointed much detail is needed.

Yeah, not enough content.

...

I'm so sorry this happened to you. The heart of man is desperately wicked.

He get 500k he could not afford gen or fuel

brain54:
Who keeps 500k where they are charging their phone...?🤷


Police too is one of the major problem of this country!

churro:
Yea, but where? On the ground, insude a bus, near a gutter? Where? Honestly, your story isn't flowing.

Does it if it was on the ground or inside drainage? Why does it matter? Lost but found, simple

YoungLionken:
You did not handle the issue well...

I guess he was scared that the case might cause him more trouble and inconvenience

2023Blessed:
Lessons learnt.

Should you return a lost phone again? YES

How should you do it? Get 3 witnesses and draft a simple lost but found agreement, stating exactly what you found. Let the owner of the lost item sign that he accepts that you are not to be held liable for anything after returning the phone which you saw.

Ideally, this should be done in a police station but only very few of those criminals in uniform can be trusted.

Document the events (most likely with video recordings) from when you found out, how you were able to reach out to the owner, etc.

Include in the agreement that if the owner of the lost item ever turns out around to falsely accuse you, you are at liberty to sue him/her to court.

Corollary:
I just saw a post where someone said something about picking up the phone of someone who was murdered.

That's a tricky one. And that is where proper documentation is important. Do not pick up a phone with your bare hands. It's not like we have proper criminal forensic capacity in Nigeria, but better be safe than sorry.
While making a video, draw the attention of 3-4 passers-by. Let them know you saw the phone and you are not willing to carry it. One idiot might claim it's his/hers, the wayray don claim problem be that.
However, if nobody claims it, then the police can be notified via call (no waka enter police station o....hmm) to come and pick it up. As soon as police appear, and you don video their face, moveeeeeee!

Make sure your video recording is a live stream. E get why too..... God go help us

Guy if i slap you with wetin u write

Mtchew

olubunmimary100:
Good morning everyone

I don't know if this is the right section to post this thread.

An incident happened to me two weeks ago, on my way heading to church, I saw an infinix hot 8 phone, I took the phone to see if there is a way to locate the owner but the phone was off, that day happens to be on Wednesday, at last I was able to locate the owner on Friday, on the screen saver of the phone I saw the picture of the owner, the owner happens to be a welder, I had to locate him and give the phone back to him, he was very excited and he thanked me for returning the phone.

I was on my way coming from church on Sunday when the guy came with two policemen to arrest me that I stole the phone where he was charging it with 500,000 and power bank, and also borrowed 3k recharge card on the sim card, he was screaming very hard at the police station.

Instead of the police to investigate the matter, they said I was at fault that the phone has spent more than 24hours in my hand.

To cut the long story short,it was people In that area that came to my rescue that that was was always high on substance like weed and Colorado that the police should not mind him, after I was detained for over 24hours, i I was told to pay for the power bank, pay the 3k and bail fee....

Life is a lesson

The more we live the more we learn
I have learnt a very big lesson.

That guy is cursed already. Your reward is certain. Don't let it deter you from doing good.

It's sad many times, out systems punish those who do the right thing while the wrong doers receive applaud.