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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by amuokuko: 12:41pm On Jun 18, 2016
Had1zasaf:


NA only police own everybody dey hear,when army slap u,u keep quiet,there is more to this story joor

E be like say ur papa nah Constable

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Opiletool(m): 12:45pm On Jun 18, 2016
JBismarck:
OP, if you have no skeleton in your cupboard I see no reason why you didn't oblige them in the first place or why you shouldn't go to their station especially with the current delicate security situation in that part of the country.


Oblige them and get locked up? You d3y naija so?

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by lebete3000: 12:48pm On Jun 18, 2016
JBismarck:


Nope, I was picked more than 3 times at night and didn't argue with them, I got to the station on two of those occasions and didn't pay a dime before I was released. That is Lagos police sha o, I don't know of Warri police.

One thing I've noticed about the police is they rarely harass cool headed people.

If they shakara you and you just respond coolly and humbly they'll let you go...but when you begin dey frown back at them like sey you be Otedola pikin Na there wahala dey usually start...

Was listening to a song on the road with an earpiece while a policeman was calling me without me knowing until I got closer....he was about to cock his gun and was very mad at me but the English I spoke to him with coolness melted him and he let me go....

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by deandavid(m): 12:48pm On Jun 18, 2016
bigass123:
When will Africans be free from this self imposed slavery. Where in the world is an army officer permitted to slap a civilian? Even the police is not allowed to get physical unless the suspect becomes violent. I'm sane societies police has no right to search your phone without a warrant, talk more of seizing it.
MY BROTHER LETS TELL OURSELVES THE TRUTH, BEFORE THE SO CALLED SANE SOCIETY GOT TO THAT LEVEL THEY PASSED THROUGH ALL THESE TYPE OF TREATMENTS EVEN WORSE, WHEN THE NPF DO NOT HAVE ANY CREDIBLE DATA BASE TO WORK WITH, NO CCTV CAMERA TO TRACK CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, THE BEST WAY TO GET CRIMINALS IS TO DO ALL THEY ARE DOING NOW. AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE EXTORTION ,BUT THE STOP AND SEARCH, TO VERIFY, IF THE PHONE YOU BOUGHT WAS A STOLEN PHONE OR YOU HAVE DRUGS ON YOU.
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by dgr8truth(m): 12:49pm On Jun 18, 2016
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by kingthreat(m): 12:51pm On Jun 18, 2016
Sometimes you just have to shout for your rights. Arase banned police from taking people's phones. If the police demanded your phone you should have simply stated the law to them, claim you have someone in the house of assembly to follow up the issue. Sorry but your phone will be sold by the police thieves in the local market.
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by yusufbida(m): 12:52pm On Jun 18, 2016
madridguy:
Be a gentleman and honour their invitation. Police is your friend.

A quess you are a policeman or you just apply for the federal government 10,000 police recruitment job.

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by deandavid(m): 12:53pm On Jun 18, 2016
somrecords:


JOBLESSNESS...
WAS A PHONE LIKE URS REPORTED STOLEN....
AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE IMEL DETAILS

SO IF IM TO COME TO DELTA TOMORROW I WILL HAVE TO CARRY RECIPTS FOR MY LAPTOP AND PHONES.... SO THAT THIEVES CAN SMILE TO THE BANK WHEN IM ROBBED
THAT WAS THE SAME QUESTION I ASKED THE OFFICER THEN, "ANYBODY COME UNA STATION SAY CITONIK PHONE LOST" BUT FORGET THAT THING, PROVE THAT ITS YOUR PHONE AND MOVE ON. STOP THE ARGUMENT, WE ARE NOT THERE YET, NO DOUBT, BUT THATS THE ONLY TOOL THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. PLEASE WHEN COMING TO WARRI, CARRY YOUR RECEIPT O. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ENTERING KEKE. IF NOT NA RAKE YOU DEY RAKE.THEY WILL SEIZE THE PHONE AND YOUR LAPPY.
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by deandavid(m): 12:57pm On Jun 18, 2016
lebete3000:


One thing I've noticed about the police is they rarely harass cool headed people.

If they shakara you and you just respond coolly and humbly they'll let you go...but when you begin dey frown back at them like sey you be Otedola pikin Na there wahala dey usually start...

Was listening to a song on the road with an earpiece while a policeman was calling me without me knowing until I got closer....he was about to cock his gun and was very mad at me but the English I spoke to him with coolness melted him and he let me go....
VERY TRUE, THE DAY THEY STOP THE KEKE I BOARDED, WE WERE ALL GUYS IN THE KEKE, I WAS WEARING A ROUND NECK POLO WITH JEAN, TO CROWN IT ALL, I WAS BROWSING WITH THE PHONE ON "CHECK POINT" WHICH POLICE NO GO STOP TO SEARCH THAT KIND KEKE.
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by andyanders: 1:04pm On Jun 18, 2016
madridguy:
Be a gentleman and honour their invitation. Police is your friend.

I think something is wrong with you. How can a sane person collect a phone without explaining to the guy what his offence is and asked him to come and meet them at the station. I cannot understand the kind of individuals recruited to join the Police force.I believe that those recruited are mostly of questionable characters.

Write the IG and explain this issue because officers at his level are the only sane officers.If you can contact his office, those idiots will be fished out.

I think they should stop recruiting any school certificate holders to any law enforcement position/work. First degree holders who must be thoroughly investigated to know their background and must be sent for special training before they are officially drafted to do any police job should be the type of persons to be in those offices.

Those recruited with ordinary school cert, tend to have criminal minds as they want to be rich at all cost hence giving the police force bad name. Most of them cannot differentiate ordinary papers they are asking after. They cannot take proper decision by themselves as they do not know what they ask for and can convict a suspect before taking the suspect to any law court.

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Canme4u(m): 1:05pm On Jun 18, 2016
lebete3000:


One thing I've noticed about the police is they rarely harass cool headed people.

If they shakara you and you just respond coolly and humbly they'll let you go...but when you begin dey frown back at them like sey you be Otedola pikin Na there wahala dey usually start...

Was listening to a song on the road with an earpiece while a policeman was calling me without me knowing until I got closer....he was about to cock his gun and was very mad at me but the English I spoke to him with coolness melted him and he let me go....


So, in other words, you supported that illegality and everyone should learn big grammar in other not be thier victim?

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Jailerrr(f): 1:10pm On Jun 18, 2016
Na your type police de mess up, why not obey the last order, bcz say na police ba, if na soldier now you for waste one mins? or if na for obodo oyibo you for don begin enter motor before they enter tell you to,sit down there no go call your phone back..

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Nobody: 1:13pm On Jun 18, 2016
deandavid:
IT HAPPENS IN WARRI EVERYDAY, BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED CRIME RATE WITH KEKE, POLICE DO ROUTINE CHECKS, THEY EVEN GO THROUGH PHONES, OP, DID YOU SHOW THEM ANY FORM OF ID CARD? I WAS ALSO STOPPED LIKE THAT ON JAKPA ROAD, THEY WASTED MY TIME, ASKED ME FOR ID CARDS, THEY ASKED FOR THE RECEIPT OF THE PHONE, I TOLD THEM I DONT GO AROUND WITH RECEIPT OF MY PHONE, SO THEY ASKED ME TO GO GET MY ID CARD, THE PHONE RECEIPT TO CLEAR MY SELF AT THE EKPAN POLICE STATION, WHICH I DID, THOUGH VERY PAINFUL, I HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY TO OSUBI TO GET MY PARTICULARS AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE POLICE STATION (ANTI ROBBERY UNIT), SHOWED THEM ALL THEY WANTED, THEY GAVE ME BACK MY PHONE. TILL TODAY THAT POLICE MAN BECOME MY FRIEND, WHENEVER I AM PASSING THROUGH JAPKA ROAD, I JUST HAIL THE MAN "OFFICER HOW FAR NA" HE WONT EVEN BOTHER STOPPING MY KEKE. MIND YOU I NO GIVE ANYBODY KOBO. SO BROS GO COLLECT YOUR PHONE NOTHING DEY HAPPEN, UNLESS YOU TIFF AM OR YOU BUY WITHOUT RECEIPT.


The receipt of a thing is nonsense of the highest order. So if u buy a phone a couple of years ago, u shld still keep the receipt? If you buy a phone on the street (a friend, middle man or online marketplace), where receipts are likely not issued? He ll be jailed right? Can they provide the receipt for theirs?

Nigerians need to man up and stand up for their rights.

Op sue the station on a three count charge. This harassment has gotta stop and it starts now

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Nobody: 1:13pm On Jun 18, 2016
streetzdreamz:
seriously man??illegal standing?? Cow meat at 7pm a crime? Omg that cracked me up real good,wetin person no go hear for this country,so one needs go everywhere with phone receipts??i thought that should be for heavy gadgets and not mobile stuffs like phones,later in dis country we'd be asked to move Around with our birth certs and state of origin certs,this is ridiculous!!the other day "a police officer" told me how another officer stashed a wrap of weed in his pocket in a crowded street while exchanging greetings,unknown to him that he was also an officer,i avoid this people like a plague!!! There was a church concert in ma hood some days back,and the police were invited for security purpose,one sat behind their van and was blazing real good with a rifle in his hands,its just so pathetic the kinda humans our lives are entrusted with.

Well, there's as such as a crime of lottering here grin
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Adeyeancah(m): 1:13pm On Jun 18, 2016
madridguy:
Be a gentleman and honour their invitation. Police is your friend.
You would be invited very soon grin grin grin

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Jailerrr(f): 1:14pm On Jun 18, 2016
Had1zasaf:


NA only police own everybody dey hear,when army slap u,u keep quiet,there is more to this story joor
you de mind am, mtwwwww I for call him number make I change am for am now now. be a Nigerian guy!
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by madridguy(m): 1:16pm On Jun 18, 2016
Police station death zone bro.

Adeyeancah:
You would be invited very soon grin grin grin
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by ufinity(m): 1:17pm On Jun 18, 2016
deandavid:
IT HAPPENS IN WARRI EVERYDAY, BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED CRIME RATE WITH KEKE, POLICE DO ROUTINE CHECKS, THEY EVEN GO THROUGH PHONES, OP, DID YOU SHOW THEM ANY FORM OF ID CARD? I WAS ALSO STOPPED LIKE THAT ON JAKPA ROAD, THEY WASTED MY TIME, ASKED ME FOR ID CARDS, THEY ASKED FOR THE RECEIPT OF THE PHONE, I TOLD THEM I DONT GO AROUND WITH RECEIPT OF MY PHONE, SO THEY ASKED ME TO GO GET MY ID CARD, THE PHONE RECEIPT TO CLEAR MY SELF AT THE EKPAN POLICE STATION, WHICH I DID, THOUGH VERY PAINFUL, I HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY TO OSUBI TO GET MY PARTICULARS AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE POLICE STATION (ANTI ROBBERY UNIT), SHOWED THEM ALL THEY WANTED, THEY GAVE ME BACK MY PHONE. TILL TODAY THAT POLICE MAN BECOME MY FRIEND, WHENEVER I AM PASSING THROUGH JAPKA ROAD, I JUST HAIL THE MAN "OFFICER HOW FAR NA" HE WONT EVEN BOTHER STOPPING MY KEKE. MIND YOU I NO GIVE ANYBODY KOBO. SO BROS GO COLLECT YOUR PHONE NOTHING DEY HAPPEN, UNLESS YOU TIFF AM OR YOU BUY WITHOUT RECEIPT.
but how many people have the receipt of their phones..

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by drmikeadams(m): 1:23pm On Jun 18, 2016
So police men in other countries go stop u check ur phone ,come put u inside motor go station without warrant......Na so them stop one boy dey ask am why em dey Carry two black berry phones....Nigeria police Na crap
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by lebete3000: 1:24pm On Jun 18, 2016
deandavid:

VERY TRUE, THE DAY THEY STOP THE KEKE I BOARDED, WE WERE ALL GUYS IN THE KEKE, I WAS WEARING A ROUND NECK POLO WITH JEAN, TO CROWN IT ALL, I WAS BROWSING WITH THE PHONE ON "CHECK POINT" WHICH POLICE NO GO STOP TO SEARCH THAT KIND KEKE.

Even most clubs i go don't check me....dem dey look face.

Them sabi criminals when dem see one so peeps shouldn't make themselves look like one by forming hardguy.....
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by ufinity(m): 1:26pm On Jun 18, 2016
kingthreat:
Sometimes you just have to shout for your rights. Arase banned police from taking people's phones. If the police demanded your phone you should have simply stated the law to them, claim you have someone in the house of assembly to follow up the issue. Sorry but your phone will be sold by the police thieves in the local market.
if you jam some police ehn, you must go and call that person that you claimed to have in house of assembly.. Some police men na deaf and dumb, dem no dey hear word.

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by lebete3000: 1:27pm On Jun 18, 2016
Canme4u:



So, in other words, you supported that illegality and everyone should learn big grammar in other not be thier victim?

Ofcourse i don't but we live in a wicked world...you gotta be wise and stay outta trouble...even for Yankee there's police harassment once they see a black man not looking cool how much more our own naija.

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by OLLYMAX(m): 1:36pm On Jun 18, 2016
Nothing much now,you could have follow them.jst an escorts nd you will still be paid.police is your friend u forget.
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Canme4u(m): 1:42pm On Jun 18, 2016
lebete3000:


Ofcourse i don't but we live in a wicked world...you gotta be wise and stay outta trouble...even for Yankee there's police harassment once they see a black man not looking cool how much more our own naija.

You're right.
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by nkpommpko(m): 1:49pm On Jun 18, 2016
Rich4god:
Are you in Nigeria.... Cos the moment you follow any policeman to the station, OYO is your name. Even if na escort you escrt am go.

Na minimum of #5k....
the fon must be bailed, or you dash them.
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by dyungrules(m): 2:04pm On Jun 18, 2016
JBismarck:
OP, if you have no skeleton in your cupboard I see no reason why you didn't oblige them in the first place or why you shouldn't go to their station especially with the current delicate security situation in that part of the country.

Shey olamide get skeleton before him chop slap and free loge for their 5 star rooms?
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by akankemi1(f): 2:06pm On Jun 18, 2016
madridguy:
Be a gentleman and honour their invitation. Police is your friend.
this police is not your friend ooooo.
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by zinaunreal(m): 2:16pm On Jun 18, 2016
madridguy:
Be a gentleman and honour their invitation. Police is your friend.
you have made the most foolish statement of the year
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Nobody: 2:28pm On Jun 18, 2016
[size=14pt]this op is a BIG MUMU!

they will see this thread and save his number then frame him in future and kill him!


LALASTICLALA AND SEUN PLS SAVE A NAIRALANDERS LIFE AND DELETE THAT HIS STVPID NUMBER ON THE POST!


PLS MODS - COVER THE IGNORANCE OF A NAIRALANDER! PLS!

HE IS STILL A KID FULL OF STVPID PRIDE AND DOESNT KNOW HOW THINGS WORK IN NIGERIA






@STVPID OP! FOR YOUR OWN GOOD ONCE YOU RETRIEVE YOUR PHONE CHANGE YOUR SIM AND SAVE YOUR LIFE! VERY STVPID BOY! angry angry



MODS PLS DONT BAN ME FOR INSULTING HIM - I JUST WANT TO PUT COMMON SENSE INTO HIM
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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Judeoxide(m): 2:33pm On Jun 18, 2016
dgr8truth:
I thought of opening a thread, to complain about the, extra judicial killings, harassment, oppression, and intimidation of the police in warri, effurun and udu.

What the op narrated is exactly what they do. They stop you, ask you to bring out your phone and the receipt. If the receipt of the phone is not on you sorry that is the end of the phone same thing with laptops and other electronics gadgets.

The nigerian police are actually our worse enemy. I was arrested about two years by men of the nigerian police by 7pm in a market, my offence according to them was buying cow meat by 7pm, a young man I met in the cell was arrested for illegal standing.
my God ... Unbelievable... I must be powerful to God who creat me and you... I must be
Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Nobody: 2:44pm On Jun 18, 2016
obiekunie1:
[size=14pt]this op is a BIG MUMU!

they will see this thread and save his number then frame him in future and kill him!


LALASTICLALA AND SEUN PLS SAVE A NAIRALANDERS LIFE AND DELETE THAT HIS STVPID NUMBER ON THE POST!


PLS MODS - COVER THE IGNORANCE OF A NAIRALANDER! PLS!

HE IS STILL A KID FULL OF STVPID PRIDE AND DOESNT KNOW HOW THINGS WORK IN NIGERIA






@STVPID OP! FOR YOUR OWN GOOD ONCE YOU RETRIEVE YOUR PHONE CHANGE YOUR SIM AND SAVE YOUR LIFE! VERY STVPID BOY! angry angry



MODS PLS DONT BAN ME FOR INSULTING HIM - I JUST WANT TO PUT COMMON SENSE INTO HIM
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What is this one saying angry it's because of people like you Nigeria is called a zoo where lawlessness is the order of the day. SO THE SOCIETY SHOULD ENCOURAGE LAWLESSNESS AND LET THE POLICE GET AWAY WITH ALL SORTS OF CRIME. YOUR JUST IGNORANT OF YOUR RIGHTS GET EDUCATED MAN.

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Re: How I Was Harassed And My Phone Seized By The Police Yesterday. by Nobody: 2:47pm On Jun 18, 2016
grossintel:
What is this one saying angry it's because of people like you Nigeria is called a zoo where lawlessness is the order of the day. SO THE SOCIETY SHOULD ENCOURAGE LAWLESSNESS AND LET THE POLICE GET AWAY WITH ALL SORTS OF CRIME. YOUR JUST IGNORANT OF YOUR RIGHTS GET EDUCATED MAN.


[size=13pt]SEE DIS ONE TALKING OF RIGHTS IN NIGERIA!! shocked shocked



WELL LATER WHEN E DON HAPPEN TO THE OP YOU COME TELL ME IF A DEAD MAN HAS ANY RIGHT! cheesy



SEBI U SABI RIGHT BA? OYA READ DIS QUOTE:[/size]

liveshady:


Even though ur story is incomplete, complicated and lack facts, trying to make front page shouldn't b the ultimate cus u can b prosecuted for such stories wen eventually arrested. I hope Police CRU takes immediate action on this. Something tells me did something OP


[size=14pt]IF ONLY YOU UNDERSTAND THE HIDDEN MESSAGE IN THE QUOTED COMMENT. I CAN BET YOU THE PERSON THAT TYPED THAT COMMENT IS A POLICE OFFICER! HE JUST SENT A MESSAGE FOR THE IMMEDIATE ARREST OF THE OP!









ITS ALMOST 3PM AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE OP! GBEGE! lipsrsealed undecided[/size]

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