obitryce:
Sorry about your ordeal but firstly you didn't mention the type of business you do and secondly know your rights. Police has no right to go through your phone.
Kindly find below a 24hr/365 days Police complaints contacts to call immediately, whenever you encounter such situation and have your issue resolved swiftly by well mannered and educated senior officers ciao.

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2. 08057000002

God bless you for this

thegame:


You call someone that was implicated a suspect? I have nothing to say to you right now. That system is entirely different and I dont want to crack my brain with you right now.

@oP, you are a mad man for giving police 150k without committing any offense. What kind of business do you do? What kind of family are you from? Are you truly into a fully legitimate business? If any policeman detains me for being successful at a young age, he will prolly have himself to blame by the time my family is done with him. Cos after I'm released, we will be back for payback.

Do you even have a work ID? Is your business registered? Are you the CEO? Do you have a registered address/shop? All these come to mind. Maybe your parents support your illegitimate busineSs. The excesses of these policemen should not be tolerated and youths shouldn't engage in criminal acts too.

SARS once took me to their office for refusing to surrender my phone, we got there and they asked me to call my parents that ive been arrested. When I asked them on what charges, they started blabbing. I was with my friend though and we both had our work ID and I was ready to follow them anywhere that day, and report them to whoever. I will never call my mum if im arrested by these useless image spoiling few on suspicion of being a yahoo boy. When I call my bro and uncle that show up almost cussing their a$$ out, they will know they detained the wrong person.

I suggest you save police complaints hotline on your phone ASAP, unless of course you have something to hide.

Everyone is innocent until proven guilty by a competent court. What happens prior to that - interview and arrest - are entirely at the discretion of the police. They interview you and decide whether to arrest on not. You are no different from an implicated but unconvicted terrorist. At least that is what the law says. But as I always say, you have your rights. I would never justify parting with the cash as he did. But I doubt he would part with that amount if he had nothing to hide. He can seek for redress in this case.

sultaan:
Apparently some people here believe it is ok for the police to arrest you on suspicion of being a yahoo boy.

If that is applicable in the modern world then they should have arrested Mark Zuckerberg when he came into Nigeria being the biggest yahoo boy on the planet. Not a joking matter but those guys started from somewhere our society work to destroy; path of success.
Anytime they see young person on that path and we knock on them with the idea that they should not have any form of success young.
The society will end up full of older poor people no vibrant youth, no role models.

OP, if you have the names of the officers and their badge number post it and then your story will hold.

DPO's name station can be included too.

If at any point policemen are abusing their authority just note the names and badge number and post online or report to appropriate agency if any exists.

Thanks. I really didn't take note of the names of the officers tho. But I know that of the DPO

fabienjoe:


Everyone is innocent until proven guilty by a competent court. What happens prior to that - interview and arrest - are entirely at the discretion of the police. They interview you and decide whether to arrest on not. You are no different from an implicated but unconvicted terrorist. At least that is what the law says. But as I always say, you have your rights. I would never justify parting with the cash as he did. But I doubt he would part with that amount if he had nothing to hide. He can seek for redress in this case.

He better seek redress o unless he has something to hide cos even though it's not my money, you have no idea how pained I am that he gave police 150k in this harsh economic period. Im sure that 150k was with begging sef.

With lesser amount u can get a good lawyer who can take up the case the work I hate pass for this world na police and NEPA officials

fabienjoe:


We must understand that policemen have wide powers. They have powers to arrest under 'reasonable suspicion'. It is only they that can determine what the reasonable suspicion is. They however have no right to manhandle you. They can equally search your phone if they suspect it is used for criminal activities. It is only the courts that would determine when they overstep their bounds. The law also imposes a limit on how long they can keep you without charge. Even at points of entry in Europe and the US, immigration officials sometimes go through peoples' phone if they think it could be useful in their law enforcement activities. For the case in question, N150,000 is rather steep but it seems there is something you are not telling us, otherwise engaging a lawyer would solve that with less than one-tenth of that amount. And need I add, same day as well.

Wrong! Police has no right to search your phone without a court warrant.

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frugal:

Wrong! Police has no right to search your phone without a court warrant.

If police can search your car and your pockets without warrant, why won't they search your phone? Have you ever encountered immigration officials at airports? Have you encountered customs as well? I have been x-rayed twice - Abuja airport and Heathrow - you see them practically looking through your tummy. Invasive and annoying, yes. But that is law enforcement. Police searching your phone is not routine but they are allowed to if they have strong suspicion it is used for crime. Suspected paedophiles have been targeted in the UK and their computers searched without court warrant. All they need to do that is strong suspicion. Trouble is, only them would determine what is strong suspicion.

Chepy1:

My bro, at dat point we no get option dan to settle dem, b4 I go reach zone 4

No they have already accessed you, and you have a car, they believed you have that money, that's why they charged you that much.
They must have seen your bank alert when they were checking your phone. I got to know that is how to operated through the mechanic attached to my office.

If you are innocent you should have threatened them with your lawyer.

You are yahoo criminal truly.


How can you part away with such amount of money for nothing?

There are many young lawyers that ll manage 50k to defend your case in the court.
You are a fool with a lot of money in his pocket.