It’s so amazing how Nigerian police treat its own (citizen).
Today Friday the 16th of July 2010, I left my home as usual to the bus stop to board a bus to the office, as soon as I alight from the bike man that carried me from home I entered a bus just immediately going to my destination. Just as soon as I took my seat at the front beside the driver all I heard was “come down from that bus”, I thought it was me so I raised my head to see who is commanding who, a police man making his way towards me and angrily opened the door commanding me get out of the bus and he jumped in commanding the driver to start the bus.
The driver looks stun, trying to ask “Oga wetin happen…wetin I do?” all the police man can say is “I say move this motor”, about few minutes later two other police men joined their colleague who now is dragging the bus driver on his shirt while other two are slapping and whipping him with coboko him (bus driver).
“Wetin I do na…wetin be my offence?”, is all he utter, this time they have succeed in dragging him out of the bus all three pulling him to enter their van…”u dey ask sey wetin you do?...na dat place you suppose park?, dragging and tearing his clothes, but the bus driver refuses to follow them.
I felt like go to support this boy young man who had left his home with the aim of going to struggle to make money today…but who am I that these ruthless men in black to listen to, I guess it’s the question every onlookers around will ask themselves…”oh poor boy” both women and men cry out.
How I had felt it’s my own blood they are treating this way…it will not have been easy on them three today...it’s all I tell myself.
At last they let him go after much slaps whipping and tearing of his clothes but went away with his Danfo bus key. “Leave them make them go…na only God go fight for you”…words coming from side lookers consoling him (bus driver).
At this I remembered a friend of my father who is in the police force said, that he will never allow his own blood to join any force as long as he is alive,…just think about that.
Is a citizen supposed to be maltreated like this in the public and in his own country?...please do comment.
Is this really the duty of the police man…to its own people?
I think every Nigerian should have the constitution of this Nation and study for us to know our right.
I think I just conclude by the words of my BOSS….
A lot of Nigerians are educated but not many are exposed…
May God help us in this country?
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