₦airaland Forum

Daboomb:
Let me quote your post but l will be speaking "generally"
I think we should explain things in our native language, maybe it will help all of us understand.
Most of you are "Reasoning without Context" of usage of the English phrase!
maybe they dont teach Grammar, Lexis and Structure anymore in our Schools otherwise, the kind of ignorance (no offense Sir) l am seeing on this thread, just to understand what "Private Property" means, is astonishing!

I have seen hundreds of Estate, outside this country, bult by private Developers, Fenced and Gated and despite paying Tax to Govt, it is stilla Private Estate.
There was one which a Phone Snatcher ran into and we reported it to the Police, by calling emergency Numbers.
The Police arrives and phoned the "Private Security" employed by the owners of the Estate, explained to them what their mission was and asked to be let-in (ordinarily, they cant refuse to let the Police in but as a matter of courtesy and respect for the rule of Law, the Police have to ask first!
It is only when they refuse to let them in, that the Police will now invoke their own Powers, under the Constitution, to legally perform their duty, by getting an instant warrant of entry over the phone (l am sure most Nigerians have not seen or heard of that one) and force their way in.
The fact that they have obtained (an emergency) warrant of entry, before pulling down the gates, means it is no longer a "forced entry" and the owners/private security of such Estate can even be sued for "Obstruction of Justice", preventing the Police from doing their work.

The Private Security Opened up, cooperated with the Police, gave CCTV footage and the thief (and those who housed him) were promptly fished out and arrested. The Police thanked the Private Security and left with the Accused persons.
That is how Private Security and Police synergize together, in an environment where everyone adheres to the Law, not in our own case where "Dont you know me and Bigmanism" is the order of the day.

A few things l noticed on that day was that:
- The Police who came were on official duty and so dressed.
- The mission was logged on the Police "Coordinating Software" and those who responded were responding to "a Call incident"
- Nothing was taken "Personal", it was all done Professionally and the Police were not trying to show Superiority (like we dont know who is superior!?)
- The Police did not barge in or shout at the private Security men nor Order them to Open the Gate. They explained and were let in as expected.
- Police does not see the Private Security guys as their inferior or enemy but as "Partners who assist them to fight Crime, doing the otherwise rudimentary Work that would have engaged Police time (it is only in Nigeria that the job of "State-trained' Policemen is to carry the Bag of the Wife of one Big Man or do the job of Gate Man!)
- The Police were thankful after the operation, were courteous all through and the privat Security did everything to assist them.
One may ask: Why all these Courtesy by the Police, despite their superior and legally backed activity? The answer is because they were trying to work in a Private Estate .. and there was a sign boldly anchored to the gate proclaiming: This is a Private Property Estate, Please Report to the Security Staff to gain Entry.
The Police knew what this meant and these were Canadian Police!

Now, in the case of Nigeria:
- CP was in Mufti, he was coming in on a Public Holiday, there was no prior distress call and so he was not responding to any Emergency!
- CP was was a Social Visit, to attend a Party. (In sane Climes, he wont even come with a barrage of escorts, just him or maybe one orderly but in Nigeria, everything is a "Power-Show"

- CP indicated he was going to see a resident of the Estate. For Security reasons, it is the duty of the "Gate Security" to contact the Resident first, inform them of the Visitor and ask if the Visitor is expected and should be allowed in! There are cases when you dont want a Visitor or the Visitor is coming -in, unannounced or even a danger to such resident, it is the duty of the gate Security to find out whether to allow the Visitor to visit the Resident, based on the express instruction of the Resident!

- this angered the CP because, as a "Big Man", he is above all those level and how dare ordinary Gate Security men, ask him to wait while they contact the resident or find out if the Resident should allow him inside! "Dont you know Who l am", is a very familiar phrase in Nigeria.
- And the CP showed his POWER! His abuse of State Power! Power that he may not have tomorrow, Power that should otherwise be deployed in arresting Bandits. But he chose to deploy such Powers against innocent, Private Security men, doing their job.
Such is the recklessness and impunity amongst we Nigerians. We abuse Power, from the very top to the agressive gateman.

Now, on the flip side, let us assume, without conceding, that the Security men were "Rude" to the C.P (you can define that Rudeness as: Sir, is the Resident expecting you? You will have to wait here while we contact the Person you came to see. Wait here Sir.
Yes, that is "rudeness" to any "big Man" in Nigeria, they cant wait, they dont obey Protocol, they dont follow rules, they are just too big to follow the rules they make. The Nigerian Big Man is just to be feared..

And God help you if you allow the "Big Man" in a Nigerian, especially the one that has State Power, to show its face.
C.P bundled then into his Van and straight to illegal detention but of course, this is Nigeria, who will challenge the Power of a 'big man'?
This is "Rule of Power", not "Rule of Law"! Raw, naked Power!!
And he extended the "goodwill" of his Power to the substitutes that were brought-in, after he has left for his party.
Not minding that they have not done anything to him or even met him in Person, the fact that they did not all scamper to safety and as Fela Anikulapo Kuti will put it, "Everybody Scatter-Scatter and run, run-run", he also bundled them into the cell. illegally.

For the avoidance of doubt, "Private" means exactly that.. "Private", NOT GENERALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Unlike a Public Street with individual Houses, the Occupants of a Private Estate have a Single Landlord of the fenced (enclosed) land Area (the original owner of the land, sold to individuals as land or as built houses).
The Occupants have a prior agreement in place, prior to occupancy, to come together as a Unit (Estate), to work together and have an MOU of Rules to guide them. In some cases, the Estate are Registered with the CAC.

But for a "Public" Area, everybody dpes as they like and there is no agreement to any rule, before occupancy.
For those who saying Govt owns the land and therefore, there is nothing like "Private Estate", l say you are very ignorant!
Even the salary you work for, your own money, you still have to pay Income tax on it but what is left of such income, is your money, your PRIVATE Money, to spend as you deem fit.
Payment of Land use Tax is legal but doe snot vitiate the Rights of the owner of the land, within the ambit of the law.

The Constitution of Nigeria also allows ownership of Property Privately. It is there in the Constitution of Nigeria: the right to OWN Property.
So, whatever you OWN, is "private" to you and you can extend such ownership to others, at your pleasure, within the ambit of the law.

In the academics, their is a branch of Law called "Private Property Law", to distinguish it from public Property Laws.

C.P is the typical Nigerian and we can see some Nigerians (if not most), clapping for him, for "Exercising Power" to the maximum.
Abuse of Power, is not the same thing as Exercising conferred Authority. This is the simple knowledge that most people are lacking.
Power conferred by virtue of the Position you occupy is service to the Public, is to be used with discretion and not to be abused.
Such Power is not meant to be used to intimidate the Citizens or harass them or abuse them , it is to be used to protect and serve them.
The C.P. if the account we hear is true, has erred, he should apologise or be repremanded.

Because we have allowed impunity to reign for so long, Nigeria has become a terrible place for the sane to live and we can all see the impact, in our daily lives. When was the last time that you heard that a Police Officer followed a citizen tot he ATM at gun point, just to extort him, in those sane countries? But it has become "normalised" in Nigeria.

Just as some are normalising the CP's abuse of Power, despite their ignorance of what "Private Porperty" entails.

Thank you for reading, please disagree, it is your right to do so.

take 'em to school, son!!

WillyDave:
What is more embarrassing than for ordinary security guard who is not even qualified to clean CP shoes to keep him waiting at that gate in the name of trying to confirm which apartment he was heading to. Did CP tell them he missed his way.

you have been so dumbed down to the roots of your very being that you don't even know what your 'basic human rights' are - as per the constitution.

JohnBullMySon:
Obviously you don't know the law. Jurisdiction is defined and regulated by the constitution of the republic and the police is only an agency of the federal government.

According to the law. Police and other law enforcement agencies do not have the right to intrude into a citizens private property without invitation except when there is a search warrant, arrest warrant or when responding to crime/emergency situation. That illegality is normal does not make it legal.

Mr CP came for a party and wants to barge in like it's a secret mission, without the owner of the house knowing? The security were in good legal standing to question him. The only "crime" they committed is stopping a big man from behaving like a big man.

Johnbull, you are one of the people with common sense in this place. You are truly my son!!

DesChyko:
I see they're becoming less strict.

SAPA is nobody's friend!!

Mysticwebb:
Imitating good things from U.S.A is good. The painful truth here is another officer at a check point not far from here will collect back that money with interest. Don't trust Nigerian police.

WibusJaga:


We always tend to spiritualise this kind of incidents. If you carry our proper investigations, you will discover what really happened. Nothing supernatural there.

the cats obviously chased the snake and it ran into the car and they followed!!

Efulefu:
But me na efulefu, will you want to be with an Efulefu

as the Efulefu get sense like this, why not??

Efulefu:
Hustle is real

na you be the kind of babe wey I dey find since. come we plan our wedding and invest in expanding the business empire sharply!!

seunmsg:
Why can't EFCC or the AGF apply to the Appeal court to vacate the perpetual injunction shielding Odili from prosecution since 2007? I still can't understand why the injunction has not been vacated since then.

Obviously, you lack basic understanding of the english language! Go and check what 'perpetual' means!

Love4all24:
The BBC documentary committed a lot of fundamental errors and it is right to highlight these.

First, NBM and most other confraternities in Nigeria do not necessarily force you to kill, rob or indulge in crime. I’m saying this because I grew up amongst these people. You are directly responsible for the individual path you choose to follow. The documentary made it seem like NBM tells its members to deal in drugs, fraud, human trafficking and murder. Like every organization on earth, you cannot subject your members to a particular life style. Tuface, Larry Gaga, Davido,Burna Boy, Daddy Showkey, Vector and many more are reputable members of the organization. They are not criminals. Trying then to project the NBM as a type of Mafia where everyone is in on the crime is totally and morally wrong. Yes, there are bad people in NBM but NBM does not make people bad.

Second, the use of footages from EndSARS thugs and other Eiye members arrested in Europe as members of NBM is wrong. The gathering of street thugs as members of NBM is wrong. I’m saying this because I know for a fact that that isn’t what NBM is about. There’s an agenda here to push NBM and other confraternities as those responsible for the mayhem sponsored by politicians during EndSARS

Third, the reporter, is on record to defend the federal government during ENDSARS and denied there was a massacre. All is deliberate to change the narrative. It won’t fly!

stop spewing brain farts in public! you have no idea what you're yapping about!

DubaiLandLord:
GEJ incompetence made Boko Haram became very powerful.

Under him, Boko Haram was controlling a territory as large as igbo land, but GMB government don change the tide in favour of the Nigerian people.

Boko Haram is weak and do not have the capability to hold on to territories and only attack soft targets and withdraw immediately.

IDPs camps are been closed and people returning back to their peaceful communities.

you re an actual idiot, I see!!

Mstravelindiva:
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this is a good trip. Glad you know how to enjoy yourself!!

ahnie:
Abeg if you re in need of fried plantain pls contact me,I m ready to fry one trailer of fried plantain

wait o! who is the person in your profile pic?/ that you

revived2:
Clito-Preneur is paying

it is just sheer fine girl privilege that she is enjoying just like the BBN girls are doing!! Put in small effort in what you are doing and then let the fine face and yansh do the rest!!!

Magnoliaa:
This one that everybody is just hooking up left, right and center. The year is ending and I still haven't found a LOML or the OTCMO. Is it like this I'll be going?

God is dey.

Someone should come and do for me too na. Let's do ours on the stairs of the Great Wall of China; be like na TM Bridge dey reign now. It'll soon become mainstream.

Congrats to the lovebirds sha. I wish them happiness and everlasting joy.

no mind dem joor. Come make we go do our own on top river!!

Explorers:
The skeleton was found in October, but unveiled on Wednesday in a press conference, in the same area where the remains of more than 300 victims had sought cover with hopes of being rescued by the ship fleet of Pliny Elder were found in the 1980s.

Sirano and his team used special metal blades to slowly and carefully chip away at the lava rock that has kept the man trapped for 1,942 years.

The man is believed to be the final victim of the eruption to be discovered as digging at the site comes to a close.

An archeologist has compared the impact of the eruption on Herculaneum to the devastation caused by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan, during the Second World War.

Pliny the Elder**

pmoye:
You're not wrong actually. Our society should probably start normalizing both men and women remaining single. And this should have nothing to do with religion or being a nun.

Broke-ass woman?? I disagree on that. The humongous amount of ego our men carry into marriage relationship disqualifies them from insisting on the women bringing in equal amount of money. Any woman who does that should be given a merit award by the husband. If you can forsake your ego as a man, and your native sense of entitlement to implicit respect from your wife, then you can reasonably expect your wife to bring money in.

What makes you the head in the marriage is not because you have a dick and ego problem, it is because you do indeed cater for your entire house. We shouldn't make mistake about that. Enough of all the weak and incompetent men we have around who continue to find the slightest excuse to ask their wives to bring in money.

If you are not capable as a man, regardless of your age, simply stay away from marriage. In the alternative, you can have girlfriend who is also not interested in marriage. Until you are fit, don't irresponsibly marry and don't get any woman pregnant.

Women all over the world are trying to move forward in life and here you are, moving in reverse and still stuck in the 14th century like Boko Haram and co,

thorpido:
Sign of the times.
It's better for them to get a local soapmaker to make customized ones than do this kind of thing.

your brain is working... your school fees no waste at all!!

king6869:
The Governor who insisted that he cannot stop fulani herders from carrying out their legitimate businesses.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2adH7jFSGg

When a bonafide idiot bereft of any form of serious knowledge speaks...

Teespice:
Loool...I am very calm ooo. You are right. It doesn't guarantee class.

Per your second paragraph... Ngwanu do the needful...what have you been waiting for?

Ewooo!! Anam abia with full force!!

Poco nwa! Calm down, e never reach laidat nú!!

ahnie:
I can screenshot pictures, cropping I don't know how.

But I go try.

The wey you dey chop food ehn!!!

How business now?!

LibertyRep:
That's a very valid observation.
The archeologists have some explanations to make.

Not quite, if you look through history, you'll find that rope is one the most common earliest tools invented and used as it is easily woven.

All the ancient structures - like the pyramids in Egypt and the coliseums in ancient Rome - were made possible because of the use of rope!

BeeBeeOoh:
I cum on time today thank God.

*edited*

These oyibo people should take it easy unearthing all these things make them no come unearth the ones we go put so many inside mother-earth belle.

Watch 'The Thaw' na this kind situation!


Even the things wey happen for The Mummy no show them how things fit be!!

NwaNimo1:
Arrested?.......Suspected?

Evidence - Exotic car? Laptop? Mobile phone?

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What can you actually charge them with?

...this is becoming a joke!

If only there was a good legal system in place, inanities like these will not prevail... but unfortunately...

Imagine arresting people without evidence and for no reason!!

Isaytrash:
Lalasticlala oya make we run am
Btw what type of glittering creature is this

It's glittering because it is a diamond back!

Teespice:
Tacky.

Perfect example of dressing up in expensive things and still looking ratchet.

Lady T, calm down o! Na where person know reach, e dey do reach!! Money/wealth does not guarantee class.

On an unrelated matter, I have a ring for your spicy finger, I've left it for far too long!!

BeeBeeOoh:
My Brother Beauty Is In The Eyes Of The Beer Holder.

E fit be that ugliness dey make Femi go gaga

Which yeye gaga be that one? If you think that man looks in this woman's direction more than five times a year, you're sitting down on a looooong thing! Man go dey Abuja dey kpansh enough runs girls and school girls... the only thing he owes the woman at this point is just enough allowance to keep her occupied with frivolities like you can see in the picture above!!

Explorers:
This is the incredible moment a pilot became the first to land an Airbus A340 on Antartica.

The cargo jet was chartered by Wolf's Fang, a new luxury holiday camp at the South Pole, to bring supplies to their tourist resort.

The plane touched down on the icy runway on Tuesday after a 2,800-mile journey taking just over five hours from Cape Town.

The runway at the Wolf Fang resort is designated a C Level airport, meaning that only a highly specialised crew of pilots can fly there due to the extreme conditions.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBRX3QJJ0Jg


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10234445/Incredible-moment-pilot-land-Airbus-A340-ANTARCTICA.html

now I have another unusual destination to conquer!!

Empiree:
this makes Christianity fake. If you could edit or review your so called holy book it means it no longer belongs to Jesus. It is a fake bogus religion. True Book of God doesn't need review. Christianity is a manmade religion

your ignorance is on the high side... can't even make an iota of sense!!

Lanretoye:
Relatively Nigeria should be delisted,cos of happenings in the north can not be generalised.the problem i think we have here is not about religion but mainly about education.some people decide to keep their clans uneducated and blindfold them with religion so that they won't liberate and they can continue to use them for their own selfish gains.

you don't even know what is going on in the country you live in... shame!!

MISSCONGENIALITY:
I always say that even all those who dropped out cos they felt they were wasting their time going to school, if they go outside, school go hungry them and they will pass more citizens of those countries. The crowd alone in one tiny lecture hall with no fans or windows is enough to.make students fail. Then the sick lecturers and moving from one office to another to do what could be done from the comfort of your room, the hostel condition, the long queues to collect or drop one thing other, and so many other man made factors that affects performance. Even 80% of those who come out with good grades have to buy them. So at times those who came out with very low grade are more confident and perform better outside Nigeria school or in the streets.

this fine smallie get better brain o!!