solotutu:
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Bro your story is either not straight or poorly arranged... As a corper you have an identity card... No police in his right senses will harass a corper of the federal republic of Nigeria who knows his onions the way you narrated it... All through my service year my ID card na pass for army, police, SARS, anything na pass with that ID. So far you are not what they say... Only a yahoo boy trying hard to play smart will go through what you went through...

Started reading and saw 'who are'. Wat is ' who are? U have not graduated...go back to year one, then repeat year one again then write jamb don't pass..wait for three years den pass then finish again and graduate... Nonsense.....who are who are...mtcheew

I had a similar experience but it was outside Nigeria in Abidjan in 1997. I and two other Nigerian friends were in a bus with other passengers heading toward the border on our way to Nigeria. I am a fair skin Yoruba male and these two stupid gendarmerie said I was Igbo and was doing drugs. That's when my eyes open on how foreigners see us Nigerians. Imagine, that was over 22years ago. And we all assume things were better then. Though drug trafficking was rampant then, an outcome of the fraudulent Babangida years. Same way my fair skin mother was almost thrown off the bus in Lagos during the civil war because they thought she was Igbo. Thank God she spoke Ijebu dialect very well, not just yoruba language. Or have you ever seen a south easterner that speak Ijebu dialect? Profiling people is not a good thing at all.

Originalsly:


So you had the opportunity to narrate the whole encounter but didn't because you were furious? ...and throughout the whole encounter you took no photos, videos nor audio recordings?... but can come here and be calling for change? ...and you call yourself a social influence? Even illiterates be posting photos/videos on SM.... and action is taken. Now what really should we do with this your report?

If you read the whole NARRATION well you'll see that I said they ceased our phones. I had another phone but to take photos when you are right infront of the officer who is armed is that sensible...in a state you know nobody !?? Please it's too early in 2020 to be assaulted. Thank you.

Pedrotina11:
Started reading and saw 'who are'. Wat is ' who are? U have not graduated...go back to year one, then repeat year one again then write jamb don't pass..wait for three years den pass then finish again and graduate... Nonsense.....who are who are...mtcheew

This narration was written immediately we were freed. Imagine the state I was in, how it affected me...dyu think I'll be concerned about writing correct Grammar or vocabulary. I pray it happens to you too so that when you narrating we would know which is more important...the English or the MESSAGE!! ��� Rubbish.

Oyerinde16:

Bro your story is either not straight or poorly arranged... As a corper you have an identity card... No police in his right senses will harass a corper of the federal republic of Nigeria who knows his onions the way you narrated it... All through my service year my ID card na pass for army, police, SARS, anything na pass with that ID. So far you are not what they say... Only a yahoo boy trying hard to play smart will go through what you went through...

We all know the country we are in ...it's in NG the police is above the Law itself if you don't know. Do you think the ID card was not what was shown to them immediately they stopped and asked us to get off the bus. There were other corpers in the bus too coming from Ekiti. They showed their ID too and some were on their Khaki. This didt't stop them from doing their illegal acts.
Sorry to say that "show ID card, free pass" that was your time...now The ID card is not a free pass again, it's not respected as it should be.

Oh

Euegene100001:
Same almost happened to me and my brother yesterday in owerri we are kopa’s from Edo State serving in owerri imo state yesterday we had our clearance as we do finish we enta taxi leading home near Imsu sars stopped our taxi looked into the car and asked my brother to come down I simple came down with him .I quickly collected my phone and deleted my nysc alert cos those men are mad plus I’m a betking agent I deleted all my alerts the guy police guy became mad and started to bark that he will slap me why I’m pressing my phone nae I sufri leave am b4 I collect sliding tackle Na so e collect the phone com smile as he see say na iPhone he quick start to dey search am.The first place he went to was my WhatsApp he scrolled thru looking for a foreign number all he kept seeing were betking ,betking and more betking and my workers number he search till my phone went off he gave me back and he asked us to go. I just laugh commot. I saw shame all over his face he was disappointed. Even with nysc uniform and I’d card the slowpoke still dey search us. Most police men should just go back to sch this primary 6 qualification is really doing more harm than good

I thank God you wrote this Experience below cos some people are claiming that once you are in your Khaki and you haven't your ID nothing can be done to you...harrassment or whatever which we all is a lie. By the time they are done with you...you even be wishing you had no khaki or ID card.

Oyerinde16:

Bro your story is either not straight or poorly arranged... As a corper you have an identity card... No police in his right senses will harass a corper of the federal republic of Nigeria who knows his onions the way you narrated it... All through my service year my ID card na pass for army, police, SARS, anything na pass with that ID. So far you are not what they say... Only a yahoo boy trying hard to play smart will go through what you went through...

ur brain Ehnnn it needs rebooting and reconfiguration ohh... Sorry to say. You are just like them if you believe I'm a Yahoo boy....

olaniyiYAH:
Drop there plate number and the name of the station, if you have name of one of them

Our phones were ceased ohhhhhhh n the were wearing those cardigans ...I didn't get anything it pained me after we were released. And they were very careful and eagle eyed.

bigiyaro:
nail them to what?

Up your comprehension skills, maybe you will understand what that means.

CrazyMan:

I won't advice this... Nigeria police are nasty and heartless criminals.

If you make a transfer to them and a debit alert comes on your phone displaying your balance, if it's close to or above six figures they won't mind kidnapping you and demanding more transfers.

The best is to give them cash, then try and cram at least one of them's number tag and report to relevant authorities.

Whatever works for you.

I will insist on doing an electronic transfer, will give the excuse that my debit card is faulty.

This way I have ample evidence that I wired money to their bank account and and also provide additional backup with their Police ID no.

Starboytwo:
Me- oga I no be Yahoo na, I be student

Popo- come down or I will shoot you


Me- ehn? Oga abeg no shootu ooo, abeg, pls na only me be my mama pikin? I don dey come down, biko

Popo- now, tell me the truth and I swear to God I will release you, ok

Me - ok

Popo- you are a internet fraudster abi?

Me- I don't understand sir,

Popo-(vexing) you are a Yahoo Yahoo boy, tell me the truth

Me- I'm not a Yahoo boy, I'm a student

Popo- I know people like you, you think you are tough, I will tell you I have dealth with worse, by the time I thru with you, you will say the truth..

Me- but oga, na truth I tell you nah, abi wetin make I talk again, make I lie on top my head...

Popo- you are not ready, 'enter motor'... I say enter motor! Na una go dey Rob people for night, see hin dada hair, and you say you be student

Me- oga I be student, and a musician that's why,

Popo- only you be student, only you be musician, you must be mad... Even if you are musician, na only you dey sing, abi na must make you do dada, you nor dey see tuface hair?

Me- oga tuface don geh bald head that's why, him nor fit Bab anything but scodo...

Popo- na me dey even follow you talk, hey, lock this boy inside motor, na criminal, no let am run ooo...


Few minutes later with 2k exchanged, me and baba became friends ....


Police is your friend after you pay money...

This is so damn accurate. Just that our dressing that nairalanders are saying is the main cause of the incident is so wrong.
Im was on low cut, I wore white Vest and jugger pants. My friend wore a track suit trouser and polo. I wore sandals, he wore a Crocs slips Simple. TELL ME NOW IF THATS A DRESSING WORTHY OF SUSPICION FOR YAHOO OHH��‍♂️��‍♂️ ... I'm just pissed more now after reading people's comments, Only people who have experienced this will understand.

Tunyx01:


They aren't fools, they would rather drive you to a nearest ATM and ask you to withdraw the cash for them. this happened to a friend of mine at Olorin few years when he was stopped FSARS. those people are rubbers in uniform.

I have also seen cases where the Police officer asked for an electronic transfer.

It depends on how you are able to convince them on why the electronic transfer is the only available means at your fingertips.

To start with ' my friend and I who are graduate of EKSU' not the other way round. Perhaps the police saw that you shouldn't have graduated

solotutu:
My Experience with Nigerian Police officers on my way to PPA.
A Real Life Experience as Narrated to closest Description.

So yesterday I and my friend who are graduated from EKSU who are NYSC corpers resuming in ENUGU for Posting from Ekiti state were stopped AT A CHECKPOINT by The NPF in the bus and one of us was accused of being a fraudster (Yahoo Yahoo) cos he carried a Laptop and there was tape on the webcam.

He was first suspected cos of his Looks. One of the most insane and annoying Reasons to accuse or suspect someone for fraud.
He was separated from all the passengers and our bus was delayed for 30mins everyone had to alight from the bus.

After denying or agreeing to their forceful advise to confess to what he didn't do. The driver of the bus was asked to drop his load.
And they ordered the bus to go. After paying bus fare and our Destination was still far away imagine such cruelty.

I agreed to stay with my friend and refused to agree with their claims. His phone was Seized and denied access to any of his things. I started to make calls but MTN network was so poor in the region, we were at UDI, FRSC Enugu.

I already knew all these was a ploy to extort money from us so I kept vouching for my friend and saying I can't leave him for them to carry on their threat to take him to EFCC office for questioning Without any evidence seen or gotten from their claim, It was a very messed up situation.

After few mins his load was put in their honda car and the Police in charge said they should take him to EFCC.

My friend agreed to accompany them since they started to talk aggressively and forceful.. note: they were armed and it's early 2020. We know what I'm trying to say.

So I went to talk to the officer in command to let us know how my friend can be freed from whatever crime they said he committed, he said my friend and the two other officers would settle it in the car, that any arrangement (bribe/ Extortion) he wants to do he should settle it with them. He said if my friend had agreed to their claim and not played smart he would just leave us to go (A ploy again for us to implicate ourselves) I was so furious inside me but I kept my cool.

They took my friend and were already driving when I refused to let him go alone the oga called them and said I should go with them.
I had already updated my NYSC group chat and asked people to start calling whoever they could to help us out. The Local Gov Inspector was msgd and called, but he was not answering calls, and the corpers were already active to solve the situation we were facing.

In the car the officer asked my friend to open his phone hoping to see any evidence but he found none. They searched even his bank alert notification and were probably disappointed.

He was allowed to make a phone call after much protesting so he called his mum, and explained what happened... She requested to speak to the officer and she did. She told them we are just coming from Ekiti state and that they should check us well and if there was nothing to say we were Yahoo boys we must be released. She told my friend she would start to make calls... That must have scared them.

We both kept our story straight and telling them that we are not fraudsters and by now they would have seen or gotten what they wanted. I explained that I was a photographer and A PR/ influencer and that our dressing or gadgets is not evidence of us as Yahoo boys. My friend also explained to them that he was a computer science graduate and webcams are usually hacked that's why the webcam was covered. By then they had driven us 20 mins away and passed their Police station already when they said we would pay 100,000 to clear ourselves that we have hidden all the evidence. Such bullshit!!! We told them they'll have to kill us to get the 100k that we came to Enugu to get cleared for the allowance from Fed govt.

The officer driving called the oga and spoke their dialect, I was sure he was saying that the ploy or operation was not successful and that we weren't Yahoo boys they wouldn't get any big payday money from us either ways. So I'm sure he was instructed to return, The car was turned around and we headed back to the checkpoint the Oga was waiting.

Well they got tired I guess and the Oga started to say that we must pay for the fuel in their car since we wasted their time... wow another stunner. Inside life.. I thanked God that my thinking and Jasi was like a marlian...

My friend paid 3,000 as bail/fuel money that's what they called it we were released. All this had happened and then calls started to come in. The LI called me to ask what was happening, I was just furious cos his call came in Late after all had happened. I just replied we had been released. He didn't even ask any more questions he just dropped the call. Mtcheewww.
My friend was pissed and frustrated. A bus was stopped for us and we boarded and left.

It's sad how things like this keep happening daily and in the face of the Government and
Top Officials of the Nigerian police force.
Unapproved Checkpoints of which the main purpose is not carried out.
- Unlawful stop and search of passengers based on appearances,
- - checking of people's phones without warrant or real evidence that the owner is a fraudster or Yahoo whatever.
- Brutal assault to unarmed citizens and youths without cause.
The List goes on and on. Something need to be done. And whoever is ready to do the right thing should start with the little they can do.

Your suggestions are welcomed.

I was also extorted at Enugu-Abakaliki expressway in 2018 during my services year, it was my immediate sister that saved me but this one they even lied that I do take drugs, they checked and checked but they couldn't find anything.....NPF I hail Una.......30k just like that

Oyerinde16:

Bro your story is either not straight or poorly arranged... As a corper you have an identity card... No police in his right senses will harass a corper of the federal republic of Nigeria who knows his onions the way you narrated it... All through my service year my ID card na pass for army, police, SARS, anything na pass with that ID. So far you are not what they say... Only a yahoo boy trying hard to play smart will go through what you went through...

Abeg leave that thing I was with my ID when there madness enter them in 2018...see bros most naija police are nuisance....I just don't like them for anything....most of them are photocopy armed robbers.....

uboma:



Up your comprehension skills, maybe you will understand what that means.

u r d hediot that need to up ur comprehension skill.

bigiyaro:
u r d hediot that need to up ur comprehension skill.

you just insulted a mod
I'm praying your ban shouldn't exceed 50years

solotutu:
My Experience with Nigerian Police officers on my way to PPA.
A Real Life Experience as Narrated to closest Description.

So yesterday I and my friend who are graduated from EKSU who are NYSC corpers resuming in ENUGU for Posting from Ekiti state were stopped AT A CHECKPOINT by The NPF in the bus and one of us was accused of being a fraudster (Yahoo Yahoo) cos he carried a Laptop and there was tape on the webcam.

He was first suspected cos of his Looks. One of the most insane and annoying Reasons to accuse or suspect someone for fraud.
He was separated from all the passengers and our bus was delayed for 30mins everyone had to alight from the bus.

After denying or agreeing to their forceful advise to confess to what he didn't do. The driver of the bus was asked to drop his load.
And they ordered the bus to go. After paying bus fare and our Destination was still far away imagine such cruelty.

I agreed to stay with my friend and refused to agree with their claims. His phone was Seized and denied access to any of his things. I started to make calls but MTN network was so poor in the region, we were at UDI, FRSC Enugu.

I already knew all these was a ploy to extort money from us so I kept vouching for my friend and saying I can't leave him for them to carry on their threat to take him to EFCC office for questioning Without any evidence seen or gotten from their claim, It was a very messed up situation.

After few mins his load was put in their honda car and the Police in charge said they should take him to EFCC.

My friend agreed to accompany them since they started to talk aggressively and forceful.. note: they were armed and it's early 2020. We know what I'm trying to say.

So I went to talk to the officer in command to let us know how my friend can be freed from whatever crime they said he committed, he said my friend and the two other officers would settle it in the car, that any arrangement (bribe/ Extortion) he wants to do he should settle it with them. He said if my friend had agreed to their claim and not played smart he would just leave us to go (A ploy again for us to implicate ourselves) I was so furious inside me but I kept my cool.

They took my friend and were already driving when I refused to let him go alone the oga called them and said I should go with them.
I had already updated my NYSC group chat and asked people to start calling whoever they could to help us out. The Local Gov Inspector was msgd and called, but he was not answering calls, and the corpers were already active to solve the situation we were facing.

In the car the officer asked my friend to open his phone hoping to see any evidence but he found none. They searched even his bank alert notification and were probably disappointed.

He was allowed to make a phone call after much protesting so he called his mum, and explained what happened... She requested to speak to the officer and she did. She told them we are just coming from Ekiti state and that they should check us well and if there was nothing to say we were Yahoo boys we must be released. She told my friend she would start to make calls... That must have scared them.

We both kept our story straight and telling them that we are not fraudsters and by now they would have seen or gotten what they wanted. I explained that I was a photographer and A PR/ influencer and that our dressing or gadgets is not evidence of us as Yahoo boys. My friend also explained to them that he was a computer science graduate and webcams are usually hacked that's why the webcam was covered. By then they had driven us 20 mins away and passed their Police station already when they said we would pay 100,000 to clear ourselves that we have hidden all the evidence. Such bullshit!!! We told them they'll have to kill us to get the 100k that we came to Enugu to get cleared for the allowance from Fed govt.

The officer driving called the oga and spoke their dialect, I was sure he was saying that the ploy or operation was not successful and that we weren't Yahoo boys they wouldn't get any big payday money from us either ways. So I'm sure he was instructed to return, The car was turned around and we headed back to the checkpoint the Oga was waiting.

Well they got tired I guess and the Oga started to say that we must pay for the fuel in their car since we wasted their time... wow another stunner. Inside life.. I thanked God that my thinking and Jasi was like a marlian...

My friend paid 3,000 as bail/fuel money that's what they called it we were released. All this had happened and then calls started to come in. The LI called me to ask what was happening, I was just furious cos his call came in Late after all had happened. I just replied we had been released. He didn't even ask any more questions he just dropped the call. Mtcheewww.
My friend was pissed and frustrated. A bus was stopped for us and we boarded and left.

It's sad how things like this keep happening daily and in the face of the Government and
Top Officials of the Nigerian police force.
Unapproved Checkpoints of which the main purpose is not carried out.
- Unlawful stop and search of passengers based on appearances,
- - checking of people's phones without warrant or real evidence that the owner is a fraudster or Yahoo whatever.
- Brutal assault to unarmed citizens and youths without cause.
The List goes on and on. Something need to be done. And whoever is ready to do the right thing should start with the little they can do.

Your suggestions are welcomed.

Those Nigerian police officers that patrols round are bunch of criminals.

solotutu:


We all know the country we are in ...it's in NG the police is above the Law itself if you don't know. Do you think the ID card was not what was shown to them immediately they stopped and asked us to get off the bus. There were other corpers in the bus too coming from Ekiti. They showed their ID too and some were on their Khaki. This didt't stop them from doing their illegal acts.
Sorry to say that "show ID card, free pass" that was your time...now The ID card is not a free pass again, it's not respected as it should be.

While I never called or insinuated you are a yahoo boy, I pointed out something isn't right, or your story isn't properly arranged, how will a sane police man inside a pool of corpers single you out... If you identified yourself properly enough, you should be let off the hook, if you have nothing incriminating and or you are straight, you don't have to fear or pay a dime unless village people are working on your matter at that point in time... You no steal, you no do yahoo nothing incriminating yet they held you and threatened to take you to EFCC, then later took you back and you paid 3k... At that point of payment it shows you do not know your worth...

As for me I will tell them I'm a corper and I don't have money, no more talk let's sleep there... If they ask me to go I will tell them I don't have t-fair, they allowed the bus I paid to go so let them find solution... Baba come north come see mad people, be behaving like ajebuta, come nairaland say police do you strong thing... You story de somehow abeg.

Skmoda360:

Abeg leave that thing I was with my ID when there madness enter them in 2018...see bros most naija police are nuisance....I just don't like them for anything....most of them are photocopy armed robbers.....

Bro that one is you o... During my service year eh my ID na pass, military check point o, police check point o, SARS, anything na pass, not for once was i embarrassed... If them stop me I identify myself, shake hands, gist small laugh and forward march... But for police to see you, stop you, refuse your identity, then threaten to take you in... Baba something is fishy.... If you have nothing up your sleeves you shouldn't be afraid to go see the DPO and have some chat...

bigiyaro:
u r d hediot that need to up ur comprehension skill.

That you had throw insults at me shows the poor upbringing you had.

Run along now boy, the elders are discussing something important here.

H2ho:
you just insulted a mod
I'm praying your ban shouldn't exceed 50years

oh shi.t! I quiver with fear, am about to b sentenced to death.

Pedrotina11:
Started reading and saw 'who are'. Wat is ' who are? U have not graduated...go back to year one, then repeat year one again then write jamb don't pass..wait for three years den pass then finish again and graduate... Nonsense.....who are who are...mtcheew

"Small small" now.

Thank God you and your pal were eventually released.


It's only an uninformed person that believe appearance does not give an instantaneous description of individual's personalty.. ( To avoid story that touch o), just name it, in any social gathering....

' was just travelling the other day when I observed how a guy in my bus had barb a crazy haircut. Me sef shock and the guy go sidan for front beside driver.

The driver just asked him to go the last seat at the back to avoid issues.

# You're addressed the way you're dressed...

I carry my backpack containing my gaming laptop, controllers, headphones and two big phones with me all the time and they've never stopped me.

We are all by ourselves and for ourselves. Las Las Naija go better becos we done dey speak up.it's a gradual process, if not for us but for the next generation. Na wetin d generation before us no do or think of doing or fear to do we dey do so. Nigeria go better soon.

thatigboman:
portharcourt to owerri had up to 20 checkpoints when I passed during the Christmas season

Apparently, policing means something else in the Nigerian context. We are out major problem.

Jakpon:
The checkpoints in the South East is on another level. Mopol, regular police, SARS, Army, civil defence, customs, immigration, narcotics(ndlea). It's just as if we are in a cage

What are all these for?