In a while next British Conservative Celebration chief Kemi Badenoch shared feedback in regards to the Nigerian police on Saturday, netizens started recounting their reviews on Sunday.
Badenoch, who has prior to now sparked controversy together with her remarks about Nigeria, was once requested whether or not she relied on the British police.
In reaction, Badenoch mentioned, “I do. My revel in with the police in Nigeria was once very destructive, and coming to the United Kingdom, my first revel in with the police was once very sure. The police in Nigeria would rob us.
“I remember the police stealing my brother’s shoes and his watch. It’s a very poor country, so people do all sorts of things.”
Reacting to her feedback at the social media platform X, some customers shared their private encounters, despite the fact that those accounts are but to be independently verified by way of PUNCH On-line.
A person known as Daughter_Of_Richard recounted an incident in 2021 when she and her buddies have been arrested in a while next celebrating her birthday. She mentioned, “In 2021, I was arrested 10 minutes after my birthday. They picked up my friends and me while we were walking home. There were three of us. They dropped us off and went out to pick up other people. That night, they made about four trips, picking people up to extort bail money.”
In a similar fashion, Tee (@lutosinGBELA) shared a distressing tale from 2007. She alleged that was once arrested with 4 others, including that they have been detained by way of the police in Ikeja, Lagos. In line with her, their simplest offence was once parking in entrance of a warehouse.
She wrote, “In 2007, 5 folks have been arrested and brought to Ikeja GRA Police Station, the place we spent the evening just because we parked in entrance of GT Warehouse on Allen Street. We have been instructed we had parked there as a result of we have been about to rob the warehouse.
“Only four of us were locked up — one was left out because he looked too corporate. Unbeknownst to us, he was released to find funds for our release. Thanks to an influential friend of ours, who owned the car in the first place, we were eventually freed after his uncle made a phone call.”
UkpemeAbasi Essien (@BlaiseEssien) shared any other surprising incident involving law enforcement officials in Akwa Ibom Environment. He narrated how a cultist rented 5 uniformed officials to attack a faculty most important over an expulsion.
He wrote, “A cultist went to my brother’s school with five police officers to beat up the principal for an expulsion in Ikono, Akwa Ibom State. N/B: They were in uniform. The man was made to kneel under the sun in front of the school with his phone and other teachers’ phones seized. Fear police ooo!”
In the meantime, Ibrahim M (@ibrah_shuwa) recounted his ordeal, alleging that he was once detained with out purpose. He mentioned, “The Nigerian police abducted me too. My only ‘crime’ was standing by the roadside around midnight — despite there being no curfew. Even after showing them my NYSC ID card, I was forced to spend an entire day at their station. I genuinely despise them.”
Some other person, Treasured (@precious_tagy), described being humiliated and threatened for his monetary choices.
He wrote, “The police stopped me and asked why ‘a small boy like me’ would pay 100k for a flight ticket. They slapped me in the face and pointed a gun at me like a criminal. Anywhere people are dragging a police officer, please wake me up. I must be there. Wicked people.”