This is a cry for help from one of our Blog visitor.Please do something if you you can..
Good day all,
My name is Peace Asoka, a blog visitor, My Valentine shout-out, LRD and other posts have been published on your blog and I wish you would publish this cry for help.
I write on behalf of my younger brother, a 22year old student of Rivers State University of Science and Technology who travelled to Buguma on Saturday for a neighbours grandmother's burial, my elder brother was supposed to go with him but he couldn't because someone had to stay back to tend to the fish business my dad runs in the house.
Towards evening they started calling my younger brother's phone to find out why he wasn't back home buy his phone was switched off until Sunday when my dad got a call from the neighbour that my brother and 4 of his friends were arrested my the Rivers State Anti cult Police on their way back home, the car they took to Buguma for the burial couldn't contain them so they decided to use boat back to Ph so they boarded a motorcycle(okada) to take them to the jetty.
On reaching there they alighted from the Okada and gave the man 500naira note, the man said he didn't have change and asked them to look for change and an argument ensued between them and I think the police saw them and instead of making peace proceeded to hijack them all to the station and now they are claiming they are cult boys.
Please how can they call argument with Okada man in broad day light 'cult activities'??
My brother and his friends have been crying out that they are not cultists, even showed them their school ID cards but these monsters who call themselves police have been torturing the poor boys with machete for them to confess, there is an injury on my brothers back but I couldn't get a picture as proof as we were not allowed in with our phones. They are still in cell.
Now they are requesting 150,000 to bail them. My dad has not been able to eat since Sunday, I even left my husband's house with my little kid to come here since Sunday.
Also I have heard that is their new mode of operation now, a neighbour even said they grabbed her son who she sent on an errand and she had to pay 15,000 to have him released.
Also I have heard that is their new mode of operation now, a neighbour even said they grabbed her son who she sent on an errand and she had to pay 15,000 to have him released.
My question is how do we stop this menace, how can people who are meant to protect the masses turn around to do all these indiscriminate arrests just to fill their pockets with money and no one is doing anything to stop them.
Please I beg you to help us reach out to your blog members who can aid the release of these young men and sanction these corrupt practice of these men.
I will get a picture as soon as he is released from cell but I attached a picture of my brother I got from his facebook page for all to see, his name is Princewill Progress Jumbo.
I'm also a lawyer but I'm still serving my nation and I have little or no connection on how to go about this issue, I feel so down and helpless at this moment.
My number is 08069124544, my father's number is 08037067878. They are held at the Swift Operation Squad beside Rivers State secretariat in Port Harcourt.
Expecting to hear from anyone who can help soon, thanks and God bless you.
Peace Asoka.
This is what happens in this our country oh!
ReplyDeleteVery wicked people!
I pray he gets help.
Pls let your dad eat, your brother will come out safe.
Na wah for naija police
DeleteContact Barr Emeka Ugwuonye of The Due Process Advocate on Facebook(search for the group and/or the man).
DeleteIf he decides to step in your kid bro will be out of there asap. I wish you goodluck
That's 9ja police for u....
DeleteMay u find help
I hate policemen so much.
DeleteNow what they do in Abj is,they go to clubs and hang around and watch and people going out once they sense you guys are in some numbers and driving out they follow you guys til they get to a lonely spot.
Without a patrol vehicle, using an unpainted cab,they flash you lights saying stop is the police if you don't they give you a hit chase and say you are getting arrested for refusing to stop.
And if you stop right away?they they start searching and causing unnecessary drama.
Saying your mouth smells of alcohol like the fuck I won't drink in club? even when you are not drunk they want to pin you on drunk while driving.
This is very sad, we had it hot with some of them a few days ago,there were even SARS.
150k for what? later IG will say bail is free
DeleteNigeria Police; Our number one enemy.
DeleteGo on Twitter and copy the npf fast.
DeleteI hate policemen more than thieves and conmen. It's ember period and they're on the loose.
DeleteMay you find the help you need.
ReplyDeleteIs festive period everyone has to careful.
Can you imagine. Was the Okada man arrested too? Cos that's the only person that can prove they are innocent. After all it was with the Okada man that an argument ensued. Stupid people.
DeleteShooooo
ReplyDeleteRecession has eaten deep into the system.
DeleteEvery avenue to raise money is embraced
Hmm if I recount my own experience in the hands of NPF 3weeks ago. Some 3sundays ago,my big sis,her fiance and myself decided to pay my cousin a visit to introduce her hubby to be to my cousin and wife. We got to his house,stayed for about 2hours. When we were about leaving,my cousin offered to drop us off at Rumuigbo junction. As soon as we got there,before he got a spot to park,5 policemen with guns just jumped out of their car. An unbranded passat and asked us to get down from the vehicle. Ordered my cousin to go back into the car and they started searching. They said my cousin is a kidnapper,that they've been looking for him blah blah. This guy is a surgeon at UPTH oo. They searched our bags,found nothing. The next thing they said they'll arrest my cousin that we should come to Sars office tomorrow to see him if we wish. They ordered us to leave or they'll shoot and asked my cousin to drive. Two of them joined in his car and they drove off. We waited for them to move away a little,got a taxi and followed them. We did that to be sure they're actually policemen and to be sure they were going to Sars office like they said. Lo and behold my people,these guy didn't go to any office oo. They kept driving round town with this poor guy. We were making calls,calling our family members to let them know what was happening while monitoring them. They kept driving and stopping for more than 1 1/2 hours oo. My cousin wasn't picking his calls. They eventually released him after threatening to shoot him if he doesn't settle them. He insisted he didn't do anything wrong that his car is registered neither is he a kidnapper. Told them to take him to their office they refused. At a point,we started praying in the car,called our pastor too and he was praying. God intervened and they let him go without paying. I HATE POLICE WITH EVERY FIBRE IN ME. I pray someone takes up this case for you guys. Ignore any error abeg,who English epp! Sorry for the epistle.
DeleteSori dear i pray help cums to u soon.
ReplyDeleteAm nt suprised at al cos its their way.
Xmas is near they r lukin for moni at al cost.
Arrestin innocent people up n down.
Hmmmnnnnnn....
ReplyDeletei pray help comes your way dear.... let the NPF keep showing their stupidity.
ReplyDeletePolice police every where,thats why I didn't even bother involving police on this printer that took my money without giving me my job,he kept on making an empty promises since sept,this is a job that can only take him a day or two to do
ReplyDeleteLeave him to God,he will not get any joy out of taking your money. I don't trust Nigerian police because you will end up spending more money.
DeleteNa wa. That is why them dey die like fowl everytime. I pray you get the desired help for your brother.
ReplyDeleteChristmas is fast approaching, dem wan use the money give their wives to buy chicken and rice to cook.
That's really sad, I pray help comes his/their way soon. Nigerian policy smhw
ReplyDeleteSmh! My hatred for Nigeria police ehen. If I'm a president just for a min I will first scrap that armed-robbers in uniform.
ReplyDeleteImagine.
DeleteWhatever happened to being innocent until proven guilty by the court of law??
U
Useless men in uniform
ReplyDeleteRivers state is a terrible pace now. Thank God your brother is alive cos I have heard countless cases of this uniform men killing innocent young men without good reason. the insecurity in Rivers state is alarming. Boys and girls are arrested and treated harshly just bcos the have tattoo(wonder when wearing tattoo became a taboo in Nigeria) everybody here is a suspect and the evil boys has so dealth with this uniform men that they have close their mind to common sense. Abeg, i tire. God will send help your way, Amen. seriously if I have a younger brother I won't let him visit me in this state. the things I hear and see eh,maiduguri better pass here.
DeleteLater they'll say police is your friend? Rubbish
ReplyDeleteRivers state people never learn their lesson, thank God they didn't end up like ALUU 4.
Poster i pray your brother and his friend gets all the help they need.
Nigeria police.... I don't want to talk... spent some money because of one stupid case... the IPO doesn't even know her job, she just wanted money.. I reported her to the DPO... stupid lots.
ReplyDeleteI hope the culprits are brought to book.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm, what a country.
ReplyDeleteHe'll get help soon by God's grace. I just dislike the attitude of NPF hennn! Behaving like their brains are not functioning properly.
ReplyDeleteNa wa o, pple should be extremely careful these days, imagine such rubbish?
ReplyDeletePlease anyone who can help this young man n his friends should do so.
Pls petition the IG and commissioner of police. If you can try and go to his office. There are still some reasonable senior officers. You can talk to one when u get to the office. But first things first petition the IG, try to find out from your brother the names of the officers that arrested them and those that tortured them.
ReplyDeleteYou are the only sensible one here. The rest be talking about hate, hate and more hate without suggestion a reasonable way out. These bad police officers were bad and evil minded civilians before they enlisted into the police. It wasn't the police that made them bad. Why won't the police be filled with bad and wicked people when you good and humane people refuse to enlist. Should there be vacuum? I remember many years ago when people were approached in my village to enlist and all 'nice' people said tufiakwa. One guy who had always had a running battle with his father for always stealing his father's money said and I quite 'kam ga baa police ga riri bribe'. Today he is an officer in the police and he went up north to enlist. No society gets a police better than it, belieeeve that!
DeleteThis is sad!
ReplyDeleteGod pls help them. It's the innocent ones they hold. The rascal criminal ones,they overlook.
Exactly. They need scapegoats for Wike na.
DeleteNawah ooh. Madam may God send help your way.
ReplyDeleteNawa for Naija Police o.
ReplyDeleteEven for Umuahia here dem dey protest, seems like police shot an innocent young man
ReplyDeleteNo wonder they don't last as soon as they retire.
ReplyDeletePolicemen giving the Nigerian police force a bad name since time immemorial.
ReplyDeleteHaba mana!!!!
Nah wah! Please someone with connections should assist. better still the state government should know what their police officers are doing to innocent citizens.
ReplyDeletePolice eeehn? tufiakwa ..
ReplyDeleteMay God help your family soon.
ReplyDeleteNigeria police are next to robbers, Xmas is approaching any means of getting money is what they are looking for
ReplyDeletenawa o.
ReplyDeleteNawa oooooo this is really sad!I pray you find the help needed asap. SMH!
ReplyDeletethis police force and their grabbing boys and youndg men around..that is how they do here too.Awon oloribuuuu
ReplyDeletei hope for your brother to find justice and i also pray he comes out alive,these people are very mean!
Police na your friend ooooo make una take am easy.
ReplyDeleteSince you are a lawyer,go and bail your brother, that you are serving does not stop you but if you feel you can't do it alone get a senior lawyer. Those police people just want money (stupid bunch of hungry people). Drop something for them but not this amount they are calling o,it is too much
ReplyDeleteAnd you are a barrister? Asking him to drop something for them?for what?it is your type that encouraged them to do what they are known for!bribery
DeleteAfter bailing her brother, who will be their next victim?
DeleteWhat happens to the other guys?
Use ur lawyer brain na
Drop wetin? Please do not drop a dime. As long as your brother is not a criminal, if all you explained is true, then he should be freed unconditionally. Please let us stop aiding these corrupt officials
DeleteThe worm of corruption has eaten dip into the police system so telling her to protest will only keep her brother longer and he might end up dead with them claiming he tried to escape. Pray not to fall victims of this police people, you wouldn't like the encounter. I've gone to bail a woman that was well known in the particular station she was arrested cos she sells food to them.They still insisted that she drop something even when she was I nocent.Calling her aunty on top the arrest.
DeleteJasmine, use your own brain and go to station to see millions of people pay to get their freedom and avoid police wahala.
Chai! Imagine! They were calling her Aunty on top? Kai!
DeleteI pray that help locate your brother soon.
ReplyDeleteIt is well dear.
@love me jeje u r sooo right! They die bad death. Evil pple. Dats how one they call mrs Kemi Tijani,the Area Crime Officer(ACO) in Festac Area Command almost frustrated my husband's life. If not for God who was bigger dan her. I pray for God's intervention in ur brother's case, cos they can it to something else n b4 u know it,they will transfer d case elsewhere. Wicked human humans
ReplyDeleteGuys should beware o...this Is the latest in town if you don't know know it now...its so rampant. SAARS is the worst so far. I pray ur brother gets help
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprised at all, the first time I slept in a cell was because I asked a policeman for direction because I was new in town. I can't forget that bitter experience.
ReplyDeleteLol...really?
DeleteThat policeman must be the devil himself
Lol.I'm sorry for laughing but this is funny.
DeleteLmao. Imagine that. Wicked police man.
DeleteLol,Nigerian police, I hail
DeleteLol,Nigerian police, I hail
DeleteMay you find a helper to bring your brother from those evil people, that is their new way now arresting people unnecessary
ReplyDeleteMy dear Pls try and get your brother and friends out of the cell, do all within your power, police are very terrible people, don't let them do kill them bcos they are full of evil
ReplyDeleteI pray help come soonest
Nigeria police are demons in human clothes
I just pray your brother comes out alive cos these policemen may even change the case against him to something more serious. The police in Nigeria are more thank corrupt.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, poster u can use other social media means like twitter, tweet and ask friends to keep retweeting in fact tell us ur twitter handle here on Stella's blog and we will help out til it gets to the appropriate authority.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, you are even a lawyer, if you have ever worked in any firm be it as an intern or extern go there and ask the boss to help you, go to the station or wherever your brother is been kept am sure that once he have legal representation that bail money will reduce drastically because he did nothing wrong.
Thirdly, poster go and get a lawyer if you can't help him as a lawyer.
I'm serving with the Ministry of justice o, under the solicitor general/permanent secretary's office, she took me to see the doc (the state department that prosecutes people) but they had already sentenced him in their mind. Once it's cult related, nobody wants to hear again. Even when you tell them your family member is innocent, they say "you don't know what they do behind you"
DeleteCult related without evidence? Sentence them in their mind? Then they should charge them to court so we hear what the court says cos only the court can convict and sentence.
DeleteMay u find help oo,na Buhari level we dey now, pple are really frustrated.
ReplyDeleteNigerian police are the most useless set of animals.
ReplyDeleteGod may this not be another aluu 4
ReplyDeleteMake use of Twitter and all the social media. Reach out to journalists and print media. Make so much noise that shame will make them release the boys. Reach out to civil societies.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, naija police.. Dat was how a mechanic ran away with my husbands car o, finally found d car in ibadan, we spent like 250k just to get it back..and d Dpo was even calling Hubby on fone to buy dstv for him, say dstv dey do promo..imagine
ReplyDeleteThis time of year (closer to Xmas) is moneymaking period for NPF. No public drinking spots. No walking around after 7pm. They go to different streets in buses and arrest people randomnly for N10,000 bail no matter the circumstances. Warn your family members.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how we get to dis stage of corruption,intimidation & impunity. May God help us ooo
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