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| Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by gidson12(m): 2:16am On Apr 05, 2010 |
it just happened on friday evening in front of my house a team of policemen on patrol just stopped right in front of me and apprehended me asking me if i was a police officer i told them no, that if it's because of the t-shirt that i'm putting on that its just the brand name of the fashion design, before i could finish they said that they are arresting and charging me under impersonation, i further tried explaining to them that the T-shirt has no police Logo on it neither was "Nigerian police force" specifically written on it that its just "police" which is the brand name that is inscibed on it, they gave me no ears rather they grabbed me by my waist belt and threw me into their patrol vehicle and on to the police station, before i could knew it i was already in the detention cell with and among hardened criminals, they refused me contact to my lawyer i had to sleep a night on the cell before my neighbor came to bail me the next day being saturday with the sum of N5000 and they seized my t-shirt, what i passed through inside the cell is another story entirely , this is just trampling on peoples right for putting on a t-shirt which has got a brand name "police" on it, so for those of you who love that nice and fitting t-shirt that comes in different nice colors with the police inscripion on it beware unless u might be one of the victims of these unjust police |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by Ikengawo: 2:16am On Apr 05, 2010 |
its illegal to impersonate a military officer in nigeria and the police in nigeria is a branch of the military. that's always been the rule. |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by Pk001(m): 2:24am On Apr 05, 2010 |
Na wa for Naija Police o! Police products are designers. we have police watches, police glasses etc. The T shirts are just ordinarily T-shirts and dont look in anyway like police uniform. I wonder why they just want to extort people. |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by gidson12(m): 2:25am On Apr 05, 2010 |
Ikengawo: that was not impersonation, the brand name of the fashion t-shirt is police, it was not a police uniform, it was just a T-shirt, |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by Nobody: 2:34am On Apr 05, 2010 |
only in naija |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by boladez(m): 2:39am On Apr 05, 2010 |
My brother thank God for your life, a friend was once branded an armed robber because he put on military jack boots, You can write the IG and give full description of the events with names and all, this will save others from falling victim |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by gidson12(m): 7:08am On Apr 05, 2010 |
Pk001:yes these i told them, but for where these guys gave deaf ear n insisted that its an act of impersonation, no b small thing o! |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by Nobody: 7:17am On Apr 05, 2010 |
rotflmaoooooooooooooooooooooo  Pk001:My people talk say, man must eat. . . . |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by Abagworo(m): 7:34am On Apr 05, 2010 |
i've had same encounter in port-harcourt.i think the reason for mine is the colour. because my t-shirt is navy blue in colour and has police boldly inscribed on it.i had to settle there and then with 2k.sorry bros.na naija we dey. |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by Nobody: 7:40am On Apr 05, 2010 |
Abagworo:*death* Like seriously? |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by RichyBlacK(m): 7:45am On Apr 05, 2010 |
Lawless Nigeria with even more lawless goats in the Nigerian Police Force. This is clearly the result of the very high level of illiteracy among those NPF folks. Beyond their greed and "oga settle us" talk, many of them are plain old cave men in uniform. |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by bgees(m): 7:45am On Apr 05, 2010 |
The nigerian police force is a joke. they are probably hungry. |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by Nobody: 8:47am On Apr 05, 2010 |
Stupid nigerian police. Is dat nigeria's present problem? Armed robbers and ritualists are extorting and killing people by d day. Instead of d police to go afta such criminals, they r busy arresting people wit tshirts dat dey themselves r too poor to buy. Mtsheww! |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by Jakumo(m): 9:19am On Apr 05, 2010 |
Gidson12, the details of your experience were frightening to read, but sadly are not surprising to learn about, given the climate of semi-anarchy that prevails on the streets of Nigeria, one of the most crime-infested countries in Africa. Anyone who has lived in Europe or North America will have grown used to the sight of civilians dressed in assorted items of military camouflage uniform, either when going hunting, for those living in the countryside, or as a fashion statement, among city dwellers. Similarly, Tshirts worn in the West freely bear slogans ranging from the obscene to the political, so an inscription bearing the word "Police" would raise few eyebrows. That freedom of expression and clothing choice does not and can not translate into the Nigerian context, where armed robberies by "Men in Military Uniform" are frequent enough to be called an epidemic. In short, Lesson 1 from Survival 101 on Nigeria's mean streets dictates that civilians REMOVE any inscription or article of attire from their person that could REMOTELY be interpreted as having military or law enforcement significance. |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by MaiSuya(m): 9:38am On Apr 05, 2010 |
In short, Lesson 1 from Survival 101 on Nigeria's mean streets dictates that civilians REMOVE any inscription or article of attire from their person that could REMOTELY be interpreted as having military or law enforcement significance. Word!  |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by DeepSoul(f): 11:50am On Apr 05, 2010 |
Infact, I'm going to wear my Police t-shirt today and make sure I walk past atleast 5 police posts. Let me see if they will assault a woman. Na there we go know the level of madness. Bloody idiots Thats how they they were arresting anybody seen with a laptop, automatically assuming the person was a yahoo boy. Such ignorance! |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by ucnduka(f): 11:58am On Apr 05, 2010 |
RichyBlacK: |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by gidson12(m): 12:07pm On Apr 05, 2010 |
The level of illitracy in d nigeria police is really affecting the innocent masses whom they re are surpose to protect |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by master2(m): 12:28pm On Apr 05, 2010 |
Ikengawo:My guy the poster was not impersonating he was wearing a designer T shirt called Police. Nigeria police are known 4 human right abuses, harassment and extortion. It was just an opportunity 2 extort N5000 from d guy for easter celebration. Read and understand a post b4 u reply.  |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by Jakumo(m): 12:45pm On Apr 05, 2010 |
Deep Soul: Nigerian policemen do assault women for kicks, but they have also been known to murder civilians, in order to rob them of cash and valuables. Could you please explain what will have been achieved by making yourself a guinea pig in an academic experiment to determine the level of provocation required before Nigerian policemen proceed to violate your own civil rights ? Remember that one needs to be alive in order to file lawsuits. |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by master2(m): 12:56pm On Apr 05, 2010 |
@ Gators so because man must wack he should dewack the other man, abi? |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by bibiking1(m): 1:03pm On Apr 05, 2010 |
Now i m scared of wearing my 'Old Navy' shirt in public now! |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by violent(m): 1:09pm On Apr 05, 2010 |
Deep Soul: There aren't laws against accidental discharge in Nigeria yet! A word they say is enough for the unwise! buh if there happened to be any encounter turned manhandling and you happen to come out of it alive, that might just mean a whopping 100 million naira from law suits depending on how good your lawyer is, but again, this is only in 1 in a million daily cases- - - and there aren't up to a million daily cases in the country, do the maths! |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by An0nimus: 1:29pm On Apr 05, 2010 |
Deep Soul:serious??. .  |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by ochukoccna: 1:45pm On Apr 05, 2010 |
Ikengawo:What a d-umb phrick!  So POLICE designers t-shirt is now paramilitary gear? Seems those illiterate policemen who assaulted gidson12 wise pass U sef. |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by egift(m): 2:27pm On Apr 05, 2010 |
This is Naija. All isn't right. Thank God the poster is safe and free. My advise is that everyone should be careful with inscription on what they wear. |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by DeepSoul(f): 2:30pm On Apr 05, 2010 |
Jakumo: So in other words, my life might be in danger for walking past a Police Post wearing a Police t-shirt?  Nigerian Policemen do not require any level of provocation to violate civil rights. Being in Nigeria is reason enough. Even tho, it wld hv bn nice to, you really don't think I intend to make myself a guinea pig, do you? |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by gidson12(m): 3:54pm On Apr 05, 2010 |
A friend of my was telling me after my incident that a guy was arrested in anambra state for putting on the T-shirt and the police framed him up for armed robery and kidnapping, the guy spent up to 2months in police detention b4 his case was disolved with some huge amount of money, that not to talk of the torture the guy passed through pressuring him to admit that he's a kidnapper and armed robber, mehn i fear where we are heading 2 with the kind of people that are being recruited into the nigerian police force |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by gidson12(m): 6:53am On Apr 06, 2010 |
bibiking1:u should be careful |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by buffox: 7:19am On Apr 06, 2010 |
@Ikengawo The law says there cant be a state badge or anything that resembles it on the clothes!!! It is apparent the nigerian police who are almost illiterate don't even know what the law says. Police departments in advanced countries make money from memorabilia > shit, I have an NYPD mug on my table right now. It should not be a problem wearing a tshirt that just says 'police'; what is illegal is to use it to misrepresent yourself as a policeman when you are not!! |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by Ikengawo: 7:21am On Apr 06, 2010 |
no, my uncle worked as a police man, the law says you cannot wear anything that suggests you're military and the police in nigeria is a branch of the military. these ppl were impersonating officers and got arrested for violating the law. period. i dont think nigerians understand democracy. |
| Re: Police Are Arresting People Wearing A Fashion Brand Inscribed "police" T-shirt by DeepSoul(f): 9:58am On Apr 06, 2010 |
Ikengawo, It's obvious you have never seen nor heard of Police t-shirts, Sun glasses, Wrist watches etc. Please do us all and yourself a big favour by going to www.google.com , type in 'Police t-shirts' , click on search and quit making yourself look and sound silly  |
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