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BeClever:
I said it, you have some qualities and skills and knowledge, I moreover experience that the Op might lack.. .but you must commend the op for his maturity and wisdom.

These men kill people Mehn!

in every story there is another side of it, so I can not forward his story to the human rights group

bestads, are you planning on taking this to court or you just want to let it go so that these iiidiotic and hateful men in black can continue to commit crime against other Nigerians? Since you have records, why not charge them to court? And dont tell me you dont have a lawyer. Many lawyers would take up this case for free, knowing fully well that the police would pay damages and the two of you can share the proceeds later. If you have a lawyer, you should have called him instead of calling family member.

Austin4lif:
in every story there is another side of it, so I can not forward his story to the human rights group

But yes, there has to be a complain first before they can get the other side of it..

I will be the responsibility of the group to sort for the other side of the story if they are serious group..

Trust me I am not letting this go unheard..

I have already started applying my own tools..

Just continue with whatever you feel to elevate this matter from this point now to another level...

At least even if they are speared we must have send some signals.


THE POWER OF INTERNET... LETS SACK THESE PEOPLE TODAY!! !!

Let everyone share this story on any of the social media platform you are on. Let it go viral. I've already copied it. Going to post it on Facebook

seunt4ut:
Let everyone share this story on any of the social media platform you are on. Let it go viral. I've already copied it. Going to post it on Facebook

Good work brother that is something..

May God separate you from Policemen like that and join you with those like the IGP SOLOMON ARASE...Amen

seunt4ut:
Let everyone share this story on any of the social media platform you are on. Let it go viral. I've already copied it. Going to post it on Facebook

Post it on this wall... .

www.facebook.com/npfcomplaint



I am working on the twitter handle.


On Tuesday I shall send it to Brekete family for Radio broadcasts.


People don't read and pass join us to seize our children's future from these Bad NIGERIANS.


Mynd44, Lalasticala come and see oh

DaBullIT:
All those writing comments have not said anything that makes sense to me


I was arrested at home, being a gamer, i had nintendo wii's game pad that's shaped like a gun for Zombie games , They found my laptop open with Need for speed most wanted still being played , they found my Tecno phones

the next thing i was tear gassed , called an armed robber for having that game console at home , then they called me an online fraudster for having a laptop ,


Nigerian Police is fast becoming a menace, we need to find a way to Let the IG and other bodies that can regulate activities of Police know that Civilians are being trampled upon, forcefully detained, Beaten and assaulted by the Police

It's time to start a protest and let the powers that be Know that It can not continue like this

My question to you is this: what did you do after you were arrested and abused this way? Did you report to police authority or did you just let it go?

I think this should be in FP for everyone to see

BeClever:
It is there now and we should use it in this case.. .

Seriously!
Let all work together here now to show these police how it, s done.

Everyone, don't just comment and leave.. .


LETS SACK THESE PEOPLE FROM OUR POLICE TODAY!!!!!!!

So, what do you suggest? Am with you on this one

Abbycite:
One day Nigerians will be fed up of these criminals in uniform that we will start lynching them on the street....

I dont see that happening

tonytony208:
So, what do you suggest? Am with you on this one

Read down the thread a little bit, we have started doing what we can, considering that today is Sunday.

Just do what ever you think its within your power from where you are.

Some are transferring it to facebook, twitter, I Police whatsapp, everywhere.

On Tuesday, I shall take it to Radio and contact some bad axxs Human right fighter here in Abuja.. .if know Brekete Family.


WE MUST SACK THESE MEN FROM OUR POLICE, IGP SOLOMON ARASE MUST HEAR THIS, I SWEAR!

seunt4ut:
I was once a victims of this kind of act around September. I live in Benin republic and a friend of mine who work with oil and gas invited me for catch up.on Saturday morning after environmental my mate says he want to sell his necklace as he was loosing interest in bling bling. So we drove from Ajah to Yaba. We sold the necklace and on our way to the car my guy was receiving call on his phone and I was walking behind him so I heard a voice says Go shadow that guy nah Passport him dey use , in my mind I thought the are obtained boys so I walked up to my guy said hey dude some guys coming after you hang up and put your phone in your pocket; so a guy in mufti approached before he could do that and said am a police officer, he wanted to isolate my guy so I was getting close to them ,he noticed that and said to me Have we met before I said no but this is my guy you are talking to at that point them believe we are Yahoo boys.he asked my guy where do you work he said oil and gas,he showed him the ID he paid no attention to our ID. The police officer called his crew come come he have apprehend some oil bunkers here you guys vandalized pipeline etc within 20 seconds we have been tagged with different kind of crimes. They took our phones at he spot searched the vehicle do and seized our wallets ,we were then took to their office at Oj'uelegbe,with some other guys .what funny is that on the way to the office the police officer escorting a guy in Range Rover have decided to negotiate with the guy sharply and make detour (Naija Police dem no trust each others)at this point they started fighting we had to stop for awhile. Upon getting to their compound they took us to the last floor. Begins the armature investigation just like you have mentioned. So I started hearing slangs like take them to school; I was trying to imagine what that means but I couldn't figure it out so they took my guy out and came back after an hour so I was asked to go with another officer to school as well this is where I realized that school meant cyber cafe lol.i was asked to open facebook I refused then Yahoo email I logged in they saw my bank transaction alert their head begins to swell up saying wow your a reach man I said I sell cars so you don't expect my account to have petty cash transaction.the funny thing now is that in the email they have some keywords they are looking for. They put those words in the email search Columns "MTCN" Client, Credit Card, Payment, Job so many more I can't even remember lol. I'm an international business man of course I must have done plenty of transaction in that manner then he said chai you be baba I didn't talk. He printed my emails which violate my privacy on our way going back he said can you give us 3million I said why and for what says you be hustler nah baba I said I don't have that kind of money every balance and every alert you saw there belongs to customer. Unknowingly that they have ransack my guy and found the 86k necklace money , they have been brainstorming how that could become theirs. So many styles and accusation we couldn't reach agreement so we were going to be lock up and implicate us with Robbery and Bunkery. I and my guy had to think fast that we have to avoid been manipulated because this be people want money and they have seen it in your pocket and I see no pity in their face plus we have been forced to write statement base on their own tongue God I hate Nigeria police with passion. They took the 80k from us in fact they asked if our ATM are working unfortunately I don't use ATM if not Mehn them for withdraw my money and beat me to coma and throw me somewhere. I don't like to be tribalistic but 70% of these officer are SouthEasterner there was a fairness in how they attend to their fellow regional in that room in fact they started speaking language at some point.

you were actually making sense till you went tribal

nwadiuko1:
you were actually making sense till you went tribal

I am Igbo and I think it doesn't matter who they are.. . Igbos, Hausa, Yoruba, Ijaw, Effik, etc in NPF are of the same tribe their blood is one.


POLICE IS A TRIBE IN NIGERIA!!

BeClever:
I am Igbo and I think it doesn't matter who they are.. . Igbos, Hausa, Yoruba, Ijaw, Effik, etc in NPF are of the same tribe their blood is one.


POLICE IS A TRIBE IN NIGERIA!!

we are on the same page.......i was only pointing out that their tribe shouldn't have come into play at all in that comment

bestads:
I would like to share the story of my encounter with the Nigerian police in Lagos, Nigeria specifically with the men of the Idimu Police station, Area M. As this is a story that might resonate with a lot of Nigerians, I am not unaware that the story that I am about to share is common but I believe that the fact that this happens almost daily should not allow us to see it as acceptable norm or behavior. We are after all human beings who should be accorded human dignity.

On the 15th of December 2015 at about 11am I left my house in search of fuel for my car and generator, after being able to get the product only for the car at the NNPC station I proceeded to drive down to an ATM point to withdraw some money as I intended to get some more fuel. I got to the Isheri round about very near Idimu and I was about to take the turn when I saw a police vehicle by my side with a man waving, I stopped thinking that they were requesting right of way but I noticed he was pointing that I park. I parked just by the side as a law abiding citizen and soon after 1 policeman came over and requested that he get into the vehicle, I opened the door and he asked who owned the vehicle to which I replied that I did, he also asked for my vehicle particulars, driver license all which I provided and he confirmed to be ok and intact.

He then proceeded to ask me what I do to which I replied that I was a civil servant and also showed him my identity card. I expected him to exit the vehicle at that point but he asked to see my phone, my two phones meanwhile were visibly displayed by my side. I asked him why he would want to see my phone as I felt that was a violation of my privacy but he insisted and I felt since he had returned my vehicle papers I would get the phones back immediately. At that point a 2nd police officer had walked to my side of the window, he also requested to see my other blackberry phone. I complied knowing that I had nothing to hide , it was barely 20 seconds when I gave the 2nd policeman that he asked me who had the email accounts on my blackberry device, I replied and told him I did.

The next thing I heard shocked me as the 2nd policeman made a baseless, unwarranted, logic defying statement and accused me of being an online fraudster, I couldn’t believe what I had just heard, how do you stop a man in his car without any proof, any report or prior investigation and label him an online fraudster I denied this and said I was not an online fraudster as I was a civil servant working with the government and that I had identified myself earlier on with the 1st police officer. He said he could see 2 email addresses on the phone and that was proof that I was an online fraudster, I told them that having multiple email addresses was not illegal and didn’t make me an online fraudster. All this while my phones were with them, I was told to drive to the police station to clear the accusations at that point I knew the police officers were being mischievous.
While on the short drive to the police station the police man started asking questions like “e be like say you don live abroad before?” to which I did not respond. We got to the police station and the police man continued to stay in the vehicle, I kept asking what I was brought to the station for without any valid response as he kept looking through my Facebook messages, pictures, WhatsApp, emails. Finally he said we should get out of the car and was joined by the 2nd policeman. I was taken to a canteen in the police premise at the Idimu station, there I was asked to explain pictures of my trip abroad, the picture of my passport, my letter by COREN that I was certified as a registered engineer, my pictures at work, sms sent to relatives wishing them a happy new month, emails from my bank, chats with a colleague at work who was telling me his travel plans, internal memos from my work place and other private information.
This they said showed I was online fraudster , I could not believe this, how would anyone with a sane mind claim that by sending a sms or becoming an engineer, owning multiple email addresses or travelling equate to becoming an online fraudster. It was a preposterous suggestion that I kept refuting, but these 2 policemen were hell bent on warping the rule of law. I told them since I had responded to all they had asked and as such I had nothing to be held down for, this got them more adamant and they started to say I was acting smart, after almost an hour I was asked to follow them and that they would show me, I was taken to the anti vice office on the 1st floor of a 1 storey building. I got there and the office had 3 women and another man sitted, by then they were already saying they would deal with me as they kept going through my phone they then saw some emails from a premier online store in Nigeria (names withheld) and asked how I came about that, I explained that I registered on the website and that anyone could do that. At that juncture the 1st policeman Mr. Godwin Imo (384734) retorted and said any online business is a fraud, he said I should provide an ID card from the online store, I said I did not have an ID card from the store as you only needed to register and tried explaining that just like people were on Facebook, Facebook do not issue ID’s .it was most heart-wrenching to see the display of ignorance by an officer in this modern world.

I was then told to write a statement I asked the reason why I should write any statement as I was not informed that I was arrested or being detained neither was there any case reported against me and I followed them because I thought it was just a regular traffic stop. Immediately I said that 1 of the women in the office replied in a most aggressive manner that I was not serious and I must write a statement with the policeman boasting that this was the anti robbery and not a traffic department. Knowing very well the news of how innocent people are paraded as robbers or even dead bodies displayed as robbers killed in gun battles. I decided to thread more softly with care even as I reminded them that I work and serve the Federal government just like them.
At this point I asked that I be allowed to make a call, to my shock I was refused saying I could only make a call when I had written a statement. This was a brazen denial of my basic right, I told them that I was not writing any statement at which they began to sound more menacing saying they were going to make a case out of this, another woman in the office then said I should write a statement stating all that happened and my response to any question they might ask me, at this point the 2nd officer Mr. Okah James (365635) forcefully said I should write a statement and was claiming he would write to the British embassy that I had a criminal record including all sorts of threats like writing to the online store etc , this only proved to me that these men were highly incapable of critical thinking and I had to be more careful to save my life.
I decided to write a statement only if to be able to call and notify someone of my present location before anything untoward happened. While I was filling the information details on the statement form I had filled my phone number, home address, e.t.c I was stopped short by Officer Okah James and said the best I could do was to bail myself. I pleaded to make a call so someone could come and help me, I believe the officers hearing “help” took it for me wanting to bring someone to bring money and I was allowed to make a call to a family member the Officer Okah James even spoke with my family member and I pleaded that they wait as they said I had to take them to the online stores office at Akowonjo road.
To cut the story short, after asking me to get into their vehicle with me being told I would be handcuffed after I protested severely. My family member came vouched for me and seeing that the person was elderly they soft pedaled and told lies that I was an online fraudster and I claimed to be working with the online store, a call was put to a police officer known by my family member who then spoke with Officer Okah James. After about an hour with the 2 officers they said since they had spoken with a superior officer they would let me go if I paid 10,000 naira for fuel. Seeing no headway we had to part with some money, before I was let off after I had spent over 3 hours. I can only imagine what would have happened if could not speak up or I was some uneducated persons who had no form of identification, worst still if I had no money to settle them. I feel sad for Nigeria, the very people who should protect and defend us are those who abuse and intimidate us. This is what you get even when you’re law abiding and dutifully serve your country.
NB: For record purpose I was lucky enough to have voice recordings for some of the events.

My questions and the posers that arise are these...
i. Is the Nigerian police allowed to indiscriminately violate your privacy without a warrant as in the case of my phones been searched?
ii. Is it legal for the police to hold you in their custody and refuse you a right to make a phone call and do they have such power?
iii. Do the police have the power to make a fictitious charge against you and ask you to pay bail for a charge they can’t prove?
iv. How is justice obtained for cases such as this where people are falsely accused and detained?
I hope this gets to the appropriate authorities and I can get answers as I am actually worried because I ply this route all the time and several Nigerians including myself are at the mercy of these men. All the same I love Nigeria and I am proudly one but the future needs us to speak out against evil and any form of oppression for the better tomorrow we all desire.

I suggest we blamè joñàthan for this.
how can jonathan employ thjèves into our police force?

Shove your suggestion into your axs and suck on it.

You think you can troll on threads and deposit your stupidity everywhere without any check.
We are here cracking our heads on how to 'sack' the bad eggs from our NPF and you are there wallowing in your wilderness of stupidity.

Why copy the whole sentence to end up with this trash.

IbokUtoroh:
I suggest we blamè joñàthan for this.
how can jonathan employ thjèves into our police force?

Buhari ooooooo, where's the change?. According to Tupac , I see no changes.

nwadiuko1:
we are on the same page.......i was only pointing out that their tribe shouldn't have come into play at all in that comment

At all brother, every Nigeria from different specs of life has in one way or the other experienced the brutality of these bad eggs in the NPF that are unfortunately saddled with the responsibility to 'serve and protect'


POLICE ARE ONE TRIBE IN ONE HAND AND EVERY NIGERIAN ARE ANITHER TRIBE IN OTHER HAND AND UNTIL THIS MEN ARE SHOW THE WAY OUT OF NPF I WONT CHANGE MY STAND ON THIS.

passionate88:
Buhari ooooooo, where's the change?. According to Tupac , I see no changes.

The change is there it's now Upto us to evoke it...
I suggest you join us in using what ever you have and all your will to help sack these men from the NPF Today.

IbokUtoroh:
y r u dis pained?
no vest ti o, infact vex who he go help. getout fool, gerrahahia pig, thunder fire u mumu, moronic slowpoke, grand mgbeke.
no be jonathan spoil naija again, was giving u something to mastubate on u decide to go west by attacking ur asshole family, u be ode of the first order.

I don't blame you, it's your teachers I blame.. .

They are not different from the Policemen we are talking about here 'bad eggs'.

Sorry!! !!!

BeClever:
The change is there it's now Upto us to evoke it...
I suggest you join us in using what ever you have and all your will to help sack these men from the NPF Today.

wetin u drink?, help who sack who?. Me just dey sit down dey look.

BeClever:
I don't blame you, it's your teachers I blame.. .

They are not different from the Policemen we are talking about here 'bad eggs'.

Sorry!! !!!

r u done, duns?

passionate88:
wetin u drink?, help who sack who?. Me just dey sit down dey look.

OK, kontinu!

BeClever:
OK, kontinu!

O yeah..... I will.

BeClever:
@bestads

I can help you get these two Policemen out of job fast, if you claim to have the recording.. .and by the time you go back there by new ye they would been jobless..

If you are interested and would comply with the investigation reply fast.

I am in Abuja and can direct this to the IGP or the PPRO for audience, and I assure you the have been looking for these kind men.

Getting these two outta job is not the solution. It is the system that needs overhaul not individuals.

MalcoImX:
Getting these two outta job is not the solution. It is the system that needs overhaul not individuals.

We could at least start from somewhere.

I agree with you completely.

Na u fccuk up. As Dem talk, you be foreigner ba.

1. Never allow the popo access your private device without a warrant.

2. Never go to a Pol station. Just park and talk.

3. Always call your lawyer for advise.

4. If your mind no fit do 1-3. When in nigeria behave like one and stop speaking grammar. You either know your right or settle them immediately they enter your motor with 1k Xmas bonus..,

You no sabi your right, you no sabi talk, you just dey speak grammar... Ok Na.. And on top you no dey stay ikoyi or lekki where rights are observed. You come dey form sabi...

@bestads I just receive the reply from Force HQ now on your issue, it said ''Forward the detail of the victim please.'

So either you forest tour details to me or you follow up directly yourself on this No: 08057000003.

They really need a first hand account from you on what actually happened.

Don't be silent on this you could be saving souls of future victims of this thugs.

@bestads I just receive the reply from Force HQ now on your issue, it said ''Forward the detail of the victim please.'

So either you forest tour details to me or you follow up directly yourself on this No: 08057000003.

They really need a first hand account from you on what actually happened.

Don't be silent on this you could be saving souls of future victims of this thugs.

Minimum wage? The police dont get minimum wage. I believe their starts from 45.000 to 50.000. They earn good money. The problem is their greed and the power they have..

realborn:
I once had a similar encounter earlier in the year at 4th roundabout by Conoil in Lekki. Mine stopped at "who get this car?", "which work you dey do?". As I made attempt to avail him my identity card he declined to see and retorted, "hunger dey catch us". I offered him 1k. He appealed further that there were 7 of them in the van. I doubled the tip. All these while he sat in my car, while another stood outside, arms akimbo. Anyone outside will assume I was guilty of a crime.

The Nigeria Police needs help. Minimum wage of 18k no longer makes sense!

tonytony208:
My question to you is this: what did you do after you were arrested and abused this way? Did you report to police authority or did you just let it go?

Honestly I tried servicom nothing has happened thus far they said they'd invite me

till now nothing has happened


I can not report to police force simply because we all know Nigerian police has become a mafia they'll side the accused and probably make life unbearable for me