“I WAS K!dnapped, Not Arrested” - Nyma Recounts Ordeal With The Nigerian Police

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]I totally disagree. You made them a comment before we went on break and I don't think I agree. So, I'm going to start with the fact that um every human being, you're supposed to have integrity, you're supposed to have respect for your fellow humans, you're supposed to have you're supposed to be God-fearing, you know, you're supposed to have value for yourself and your country. Now, we know that we are all going to be in a phase where we might not agree with the policy of that place we are. But, I'm saying now that this particular guy in question, if we want to even make excuses like you know we said okay, oh, they're not paying them well and everything like that. Why come out and attack the people that are even responsible for the salary you get?

[00:00:45]Because if I'm not mistaken police are being paid by taxpayers' money. Mhm. So, who are the taxpayers?

[00:00:52]They are you, me, and every civilian around. Now, you come to come and even attack us. Instead of you to even come out with, you know, um respect so that the public will show you empathy. There are ways you can make your point and show what you are going through.

[00:01:09]Now, when you come out and say, "Oh, this happened. You people be careful out there, you know, blah." People will say, "Ah, no, you will see the You will now see them start writing justice for whatever whatever whatever. Justice for so so so so." But, you just came out with arrogance, with Look at the audacity of him speaking. The way he's speaking, he looks like somebody that even has an anger problem. And someone that cannot even control his emotions to that level, to that stage, what is he doing in the police force in the first place? Why would he be holding a gun?

[00:01:40]They don't They They've said it that if man is God, all of us would have finished. Just because you have the power to hold gun, you now feel like it's okay for you to do what you want to do. Okay. I mean Okay.

[00:01:52]>> Let me pause for a while. Why? You haven't answered that.

[00:01:55]>> No, okay. [laughter] We have a call. Amos is calling us from Benue state. Good morning Amos.

[00:02:01]Morning.

[00:02:04]Uh well I I will join I We apologize on behalf of Hello? We can hear you.

[00:02:15]Yes.

[00:02:19]But you need to turn down the volume of your TV and listen to your phone directly. Listen into the the phone, please.

[00:02:26]All right, hello?

[00:02:28]Go ahead. You're live, go ahead, please.

[00:02:31]Uh-huh.

[00:02:32]What the statement he had issued uh that is not is not acceptable in the society.

[00:02:41]But we are all human beings at times we say things we are not supposed to say.

[00:02:50]But he is liable to his actions.

[00:02:54]Like Nima has earlier said that the entire system is the entire system is corrupt.

[00:03:05]But the entire system it is not only that system alone but that does not give way for you to come out and issue threats like that.

[00:03:17]Constructive this thing, criticisms you can make.

[00:03:22]Exactly.

[00:03:25]So thank you for what you seek for something.

[00:03:29]Okay, thank you Amos. Thank you Amos for your contribution.

[00:03:33]So as Okay, just Okay, wrap up, please and then >> Okay, so I know that yes they do cut marshal for police force and army force and all that. So it's going to be a bit difficult for us to really see the judgment that they will give. And I'm saying now again that him him coming out and saying that oh I'm sorry I said this, I just said it in anger or I said it whatever frustration whatever you say. He knows how sensitive the force is, the force is right now. He knows the situation.

[00:03:58]He's supposed He knows how you understand Nigerians have been saying no police this one that one and everything they've been doing. I remember the other time a boy was doing evangelism for a police officer is coming back from church and the police just shot him. So when the police now start shooting I will just shoot you and nothing will happen. What do you expect the common man to to to to believe that he's just playing? So at the end of the day he shoots somebody then he's sorry it will be very in again. Sorry is not enough. I want you to respond to Abigail because I actually do agree with Abigail that their underpaid, their welfares, their packages are not good and the worst part that when they do lose their lives their families are not taken care of. In fact, I have sat on this table and called out the conditions of the barracks, the police barracks. I even talked about the fire barracks as well.

[00:04:40]All of these places have been abandoned all for us to focus on every four which which is why I say democracy is quite expensive for us to run. Every four years we focus on every new election cycle.

[00:04:51]>> and the cost of it without you really taking care of any system Our systems are not taken care of. But imagine a doctor because he's frustrated because you know the Nigerian Resident Doctors Association keep going on strike calling off the strike the other time. It's not a Nigerian citizen against police officer approach. Approach that has killed this country >> And I'm not excusing that.

[00:05:13]>> Yes, I agree with you. You did you did advocate that. I'm just re-emphasizing that it is not a Nigerian police officer against citizen's approach which is why we see the killings. There was a killing of a boy two boys in Aba. We just as they they were in handcuffs as they put them in the bus the Nigerian police stood outside shot these two guys for no explainable reason and we didn't see the prosecution. We saw the acquittal of the one in Aba. We didn't see the prosecution of several others. We didn't see we saw the acquittal. The police covered up one of them. Such system encourages this and we cannot deny it.

[00:05:46]Hardly a system we don't have in.

[00:05:48]This kind of thing. our system of adjudication. No, no, no, no, they they don't they they there's a closed door to these things. They don't make it public.

[00:05:57]>> me take a call from IJK who's calling us from Lekki. Good morning IJK.

[00:06:05]IJK good morning. Please listen to your phone directly, not your TV set.

[00:06:10]Okay, yeah, thank you very much. Good morning.

[00:06:13]>> Good morning.

[00:06:14]Yeah.

[00:06:16]Um, I just want to say that uh we should look at this thing from all sides.

[00:06:24]Yes.

[00:06:25]Yeah.

[00:06:26]I just want to say Good morning, ladies. So, IJK, don't listen to your TV. TV is delayed. You have to listen to the phone directly, please. So, turn down your Okay, cuz you're repeating.

[00:06:38]>> Yes, I am. I have I want to say that we should look at this issue from all sides.

[00:06:46]When we go abroad like in England, for example when we see policemen there we love to even go and take photographs with them.

[00:07:01]Because they look friendly, they look like human beings.

[00:07:04]And you can ask Yes, respectful. You can ask them for anything. Show me the way to this place, this and that, anything.

[00:07:15]But in this country you are driving, you see policeman at a distance, you start praying.

[00:07:23]And start behaving yourself, looking nice. Either you give him a broad smile, or you are ready to scream your way past him.

[00:07:34]Yeah.

[00:07:35]When I followed somebody in the neighborhood to the police station some time ago I was told to put my phone away and switch it off.

[00:07:47]Then, when we were to see the oga, they collected all the telephones.

[00:07:54]Why?

[00:07:55]Why? Because they don't want us to record the bad things that is going on.

[00:08:02]I agree with everybody that the police is not being looked after.

[00:08:08]Tell me why should they should not be looked after.

[00:08:11]These are the people we can run to.

[00:08:14]But the situation in this country now, you see policeman, you run away.

[00:08:20]Even when you are not guilty of anything, you just get straight away.

[00:08:25]I have also begged the government.

[00:08:29]Let us look after ourselves.

[00:08:33]This man is totally frustrated. I can see that.

[00:08:39]I belong to an NGO in which we look after uh widows, yes, of these people.

[00:08:49]Since the oga was killed on duty, especially the military ones, nothing has happened to the wife and the family.

[00:08:59]For how long will this continue? This man is totally I didn't say he has done [clears throat] right at all. He cannot be threatening other human beings. We are human beings. You cannot kill anybody.

[00:09:10]But then, the police force is so rotten that is sad. I drove out of my house Monday just to go to the doctor down the road.

[00:09:23]And then, there were about 12 female policewomen blocked the entire road.

[00:09:29]I started parking every single car.

[00:09:32]Yes, they were all female.

[00:09:34]Yeah. And um I had nothing wrong on me at all, but the girl, the police officer lady, insisted that I should give her money. And I said, "No, I can't give you money."

[00:09:45]I said, "I don't have any money on me."

[00:09:47]And I told her I showed her the card.

[00:09:49]"I'm going down the road to go and see my doctor."

[00:09:52]I am not young. I will leave it like that. I am not young at all, and it shows that I am an elderly person. Mhm.

[00:09:59]She uh she was so annoyed. She opened the door of my car and slammed it, and then walked away.

[00:10:07]How long shall we continue? We are scared of the police. We are scared of anything in uniform now. Mhm. Let the government please let us beg them that they should look after these people so that we can say, "Ah, there's a policeman. I'll go and report to the policeman." No, run away from the policeman. That's the situation now.

[00:10:23]It's sad. Thank you very much, ladies.

[00:10:25]Bless you. Thank you so much, Ajike, for your contributions. You know, just before she called and while we were talking, I wanted to say something because I think we've all really made the same points, which is um he shouldn't have threatened Nigerians, and we also agree that there are issues that would have caused them him to be frustrated. Not just him, there are issues in the system. And I wrote something. I said, "Whether we like it or not, for every action or inaction, there are consequences. For what he said, there should be consequences and fancy investigation. But also, if there are things we're not doing as a country or the government is not doing properly, if there's corruption, money that is meant for the police welfare is being siphoned, there will be consequences."

[00:11:05]And whether we like it or not, it will show up in bad eggs. It will show up in some police officers may say, "Okay, you know what? It does not matter. My integrity is most important." But there are some people that would say, "I need to find a way to survive." So, we cannot continue be creating a system uh an atmosphere or an environment where um um people can become frustrated and then act out. And then we now turn a way and make it look like it is just the sole individual's fault for how he has turned out. I'm just saying we need to tell each other the truth about the systems, the corruption that is happening in our country. And that also leads me to how we vet these police officers, how we recruit them, how we train them, and how we keep, you know, just watching them through the course of their career to make sure that people are in the right, you know, in the right frame of mind.

[00:11:58]So, if we don't do all those things right, there will be a consequence for that behavior.

[00:12:03]>> The consequences. I've never seen any police officer do a match or a peaceful protest in the people the government officials houses.

[00:12:12]They are the same people that will still be an escort to these politicians.

[00:12:17]They're same people that will still be saying yes I yes my carrying their briefcase or their handbag or whatever into the car to escort them. I'm just saying for But it's the system I'm saying I'm saying that why why why are they channeling their own anger and frustration on the civilian? It's just like a case of say a bully. A bully what are they doing? They are actually bullying the civilians because if they have grievances which is you are right. It shouldn't be on the civilian that is even paying tax that is even able to pay It's not They should They should channel it They should go to the the government houses.

[00:12:49]They should go to There there are places where they can, you know, protest and complain. But why is it common man that you kill? The common man too is trying to survive. We are all trying to survive. Are you telling me that if they ask you do they want you to increase your salary you will not say yes? If they ask you that do you do you want better living condition? You would you say no? When I pay my tax with 100,000 per week. Exactly. We are all managing in this economy that we are. So, why would I now pay my tax? I've done my own duty because I know that my tax they said build road, do this, pay the um all our armed forces, blah blah blah blah blah. So, I've done my own part. So, why are you not now channeling it to the people that are saving the money? So, I am That's your assumption. I love it when I praise lawyers but I don't >> [laughter] >> So, you are assuming Wait, two two assumptions. We are assuming We have a call. Obed Obed is being on.

[00:13:32]Obed is calling us from Benue State. I hope you're still there. Good morning, Obed.

[00:13:35]>> Hello, good morning. Good morning.

[00:13:37]Good morning to you. Good morning.

[00:13:41]Yes, are you listening to me? Mhm.

[00:13:44]We can hear you.

[00:13:44]>> Yeah, people are talking You are talking issues of security police. Mhm.

[00:13:50]Yeah, good morning to you all. Good morning.

[00:13:54]Yes, you are talking issues of police in the country.

[00:13:59]Yes.

[00:14:00]Yes, go ahead. Yes.

[00:14:02]Yeah, you know, the truth is that issues of police My father retired as a police officer. So, he have never one day use his salary to purchase uniform, shoe, cap. But, today police are using their salary to buy uniform, everything they are using on the street as you people have been seeing. Which is very, very wrong. You know, I'm I'm appealing to the government. Let something should be done. Let uniform for today policemen [clears throat] uniform to their salary don't even feed some of their family. And they use their salary to buy everything they are using.

[00:14:43]It's not supposed to be. I'm appealing authority concerned. They should do something about this. Issues of killing by the security Anyone that kill, they should be punished them according to the law of the land. That is how it's supposed to be. Thank you all. Thank you. So, I think we lose the argument when we bring the welfare of a police officer into an errant behavior of a police officer.

[00:15:05]Nothing excuses what this man has done.

[00:15:08]We know. I have been hide I was kidnapped, not even arrested.

[00:15:12]There was a an un- an announced traffic diversion at Maroko when the road was under construction. I heard it on the radio. I took it in the papers. On the morning of the day coming to work, I called the last mile and said, "How is the diversion going? Hope it's not blocked." He said it's fine. Then I saw diversion, I turned and I was picked up straight to the government under bridge by police officers. How does that excuse the police officer?

[00:15:34]Nobody even said anything on See me on my way to Ketu, I ended up at the government under bridge till the show ended. Mhm.

[00:15:40]How does that excuse a police a traffic diversion announced by government? How does that excuse a police officer?

[00:15:45]>> Mhm. I saw a police officer who saw somebody buying this condemned use. He picked him up. He suspected him for crime, asked for the receipt. Instead of taking him back to source where he bought it to confirm whether it was a there was a theft, he held on to him and he was going to hold on to him till the next day Mhm. because he couldn't speak English. He's from the north.

[00:16:03]>> Mhm. until I intervened. So, I'm I'm saying we understand their welfare package is not being adequate. In fact, it's not sufficient.

[00:16:11]>> Mhm. We understand that they are not well treated. Just as so many so so soldiers at the front war front right now that we are advocating for. But to see one soldier, one navy officer, one police officer say to another Nigerian who is dealing with their own that if I kill you, nothing will happen at the IG group. That's that's They are two different arguments. And it's to blur the seriousness of one to raise the other. Mhm. We can have these conversations at different times. I would gladly have it. In fact, I mentioned two more argument points today. Okay. But the point we are having right now is one police officer You You assume We assume I was going to talk about two assumptions. One of them is that we assume every police officer is is frustrated.

[00:16:50]Some are enjoying the power of their jobs.

[00:16:53]Some are enjoying the ability to abuse people at their jobs.

[00:16:58]They don't want to leave the job. Look at this one now. How will he Why is he apologizing?

[00:17:02]You would think, "Oh, he studied another field and gave up something more lucrative to be a police officer." Why would I not be the best example of a police officer?

[00:17:09]>> Okay. Why would I wind down my car and I want to have a conversation with you after I have stopped my car on whether I'm renewing my license and the road safety is delaying capture and you're already arresting me Mhm. for expired license when I have a tenable reason. I have a copy of my receipt paid, and you will not listen. Lawyer Nima is in the building today. We have a call. Hassan is calling us from Lagos. Good morning, Hassan.

[00:17:31]Good morning, everybody. Good morning.

[00:17:33]Good morning. We will try to get the point straight and clear.

[00:17:39]I want to measure the police and Nigerian people.

[00:17:43]A lot of get back to the history of Nigerian police.

[00:17:47]And why Nigerian people are reacting negatively to Nigerian police.

[00:17:54]Uh we inherited colonial political system.

[00:18:01]I know if today we are still having it with us.

[00:18:04]The police that is anti-people is not a police for the people.

[00:18:12]We have only very few good police officers.

[00:18:16]Okay. A lot of police officers constitute a problem to Nigerian public.

[00:18:23]And Nigerian lack sympathy for Nigerian police because all of you now, we are now agreed. We are talking about welfare for police, this is for police, increased salary for police, this is for police.

[00:18:36]Nigerian don't believe in that because they see police force as a sectional as a sectional force.

[00:18:44]People that extort themselves.

[00:18:46]On the road, they take money.

[00:18:48]In their offices, they take money.

[00:18:51]Bail is free, but in reality, bail is never free.

[00:18:56]You see, Nigerians are even looking for options. No Nigerian wishes to go to Nigerian police station to resolve his problem.

[00:19:05]You see people looking left, right, and center to look for a way of solving their problems without getting to the Nigerian police.

[00:19:14]It's because of the behavioral attitude of Nigerian police force to the Nigerian people.

[00:19:21]That's very clear. And when you look at the recruiting system, the recruitment system of Nigerian police, it's very important.

[00:19:28]Look at their training schools.

[00:19:30]Look, they are training them to be anti-people.

[00:19:34]They are not training them to be people-receptive. No. That's what you are seeing.

[00:19:40]And if they live Let us talk from now to kingdom come.

[00:19:45]Nigerians see police as a settled force.

[00:19:49]They're people that have already settled themselves with bribery and corruption.

[00:19:53]That is how they see them.

[00:19:55]You hardly find There are We have very, very few of them that are very good. You understand? But a lot of them Nigerians are not happy with them. Okay.

[00:20:07]Complaints of fighting for them You know, to have more peace and welfare.

[00:20:12]Good morning. Good morning, Hassan.

[00:20:14]Thank you for your contribution. Before you jump in, there's something I wanted to talk about. I think a caller also mentioned when he said how he's how the person how this um police officer was talking.

[00:20:27]And he was trying to say it could just be frustration. And there's something that Nima also said at the very beginning when she was saying, "Be careful how what you say so that it does not put you in trouble."

[00:20:37]What I'm trying to say here is there's a way that Nigerians speak.

[00:20:42]We threaten everybody and everything. A mother will threaten her child with death and hell because she's trying to pass on a message. You know, so I just want us to look at it uh as Nigerians and the way that we speak. Could that also have been his style Could that just be someone who was just speaking Nigerian the Nigerian way and then we are taking out of context and looking at it, you know.

[00:21:07]>> I don't think so because we've seen it play out that this one has come to the camera to speak. Before he would have spoken, he would have done more.

[00:21:18]We've seen incidences of this. Let me give you an instance.

[00:21:22]My car, when I got my car, most times when I drive on the road, there's always police interference.

[00:21:29]Other cars will be passing. Once it's wet, the way they jump in front of your car.

[00:21:35]So, I notice that once they jump that way, I wind down, they look at me, a female, they tell me to go. But sometimes, I sit down at the passenger side and a guy is driving.

[00:21:50]There's always There's this always suspicion that you're a Yahoo boy. And And most times I ask them, "Officer, is it that a young person cannot have a car?" I had to go and install a dashcam in my car because of the anxiety they were giving me.

[00:22:05]Because there was a time one of them stopped me.

[00:22:09]There was traffic in front. I had to turn back to pass the same place. The same way he stopped me was the second way he stopped me. And this time around he wasn't even smiling at me. Whether you were a woman or woman, it not concern them.

[00:22:20]He wasn't smiling. And in my head I'm like, "What is it? You don't know me.

[00:22:24]Did you offend you? Did you see me in your dream?" You want to see how policemen talk to people? When Pela traveled abroad that they were hearing noise that some police guys came to "Is this business, sir? Is this problem? I was hearing noise. I wanted to" There's no such thing as Nigerian way of talking. Nigerian Even regular us here we are There's no There's no There are ethics to so Lawyers talk this way.

[00:22:45]They teach them that They teach them that, you learn that.

[00:22:50]They should teach them the power of the uniform because the uniform has done more than enough talking for you first.

[00:22:56]When you now open your mouth or act, will now make people either respect the profession or not. I like what the scholar said. Okay, you want to take your call? No, no, just like >> I like what the scholar said that police now starts wearing uniform. Let me tell you something. The electric wire used in fencing my compound, we had some sort of robbery attempt. Somebody cut it, but they didn't come in. Twice they did it. I told my neighbor, "Let's take this to the police." I said, "You, police what? No, you can't take it to the police." I said, "At least let's just go in case of anything." We went to the police station. I was shocked. First of all, it's not a place you want to be in because of the environment, rusty fan, dirty places, and all that. And then the lady that I saw say, "I said, but you're supposed to be free." She said, "Free waiting. I write down for paper now. This paper now we buy am. The uniform now we buy am. This fan now we buy am. Everything that we get now we buy am. So, you must pay."

[00:23:52]They're not hiding it anymore.

[00:23:54]So, the reason I'm saying we can't treat this in isolation.

[00:23:58]When Nima said that, yes, we know that we're talking about the character, but before we can have this subject matter again, might be a long time. So, let's say everything together and talk about the sensitization. Good. Um let me take a call. Priscilla, good morning, Priscilla.

[00:24:17]Hello.

[00:24:18]You're live.

[00:24:19]Hello, Priscilla. Good morning.

[00:24:23]Good morning. Good morning.

[00:24:25]Okay, thank you. I really appreciate you people for this topic you people bring.

[00:24:30]But let us divide this. First of all, before I leave my uh home every organization must have bad person inside.

[00:24:41]The organization police you will see will like to join police.

[00:24:45]But there's some They are just nuisance.

[00:24:47]They be like they cause it for their village. Fine.

[00:24:50]Now, let's go to the root that many people will refuse to.

[00:24:54]It's time for Nigeria to really know, understand things. It would be better for all of us.

[00:24:59]A policeman that even because it's say 4 years they will be promoted, my sister, you will be there for one rank for 10 years, 8 years.

[00:25:09]How do you want that person to be happy?

[00:25:11]Just like you are working in this studio.

[00:25:13]You know that how you supposed to be promoted and look your junior one will still follow you, no? No, they will put you in one place. Continue to give you the comfort they are giving you. Number one, you will be seeing even some some time. People that are that even enter politics, they will go and lobby, they will promote that people. Will you be happy? That is number one. Number two, if a settle on of police in Nigeria, too. Let's say the settle one wife, let's say two kids, they are four.

[00:25:42]And you cannot even feed these four.

[00:25:44]Forget mama, forget papa, forget your wife relative. You will not even feed them well. They will not go to better school. Will you be happy? And you are working for Nigeria.

[00:25:55]Then that police already maybe the money now before he come up for house, his wife will don't jack up for cloth. Eh, picking never chop. Picking never pay for school fees. That man will still manage come enter house. That kind man they will still come give and go home.

[00:26:08]Is it not true somebody go shoot himself because he's mentally stressed?

[00:26:13]That is what they don't know. Okay, let me tell you what what important thing that police is facing because who no go abroad, let's say say if you reach abroad that money there they pack. Join us. When you join for you you will now see because it's supposed to be another organization that any police that have problem will go there to complain. No, because you say police cannot speak.

[00:26:31]Police cannot talk. If you see that to get it is even say any police where they complain, they will dismiss them. That is another thing.

[00:26:38]The most the most important thing here, my sister, soldier their their pension.

[00:26:42]If a soldier retire now, do you know that he he still they receive salary?

[00:26:47]That is why you see say soldier live well than police when they retire.

[00:26:50]But police for where they go jump up, put up for one person where no get head.

[00:26:55]Police jump up say they don't talk talk talk talk. Do you know what they all got? They all got they move THEIR SELF FOR DEPRESSION.

[00:27:03]WHO THE JUNIOR ONE THAT IS DOING THE WORK FOR DEPRESSION? OH, my sister, you no go understand. Who the junior one where they even do the work for depression? Depression they don't shout shout shout. If you people go see people help them. Help them. So, they don't shout shout shout. You remove them for depression so that when they go retire, they go no get sickness, who get depression. They steal money say they go able see the truth they say they go. No way. They no come out there for depression. But, they all got they way they they come out their self for depression. Is that a good thing? How do you want that man to be happy? So, now for the civilian and police, let me really tell you what it When you travel abroad there, normally you see people where police stop you, you stop. He ask you any question he want to ask you, you stay calm. You talk to them calmly. No.

[00:27:45]You know what civilian do? Immediately they go attack police, they go attack the person.

[00:27:50]Because depression don't cause depression. The civilian self hungry they be there. Police where they go?

[00:27:54]Hungry they worry them. They don't cause depression already. They all got Immediately the police don't stop them.

[00:27:59]After what thing?

[00:28:00]Uh-huh.

[00:28:00]Waiting you? Waiting? Okay, maybe the police go say, "Can I see your paper?"

[00:28:05]I beg you which paper? I beg you my my paper complete.

[00:28:09]He say, "Please, can I see your paper?"

[00:28:11]Gently hand over your paper. If he go check check, he no see anything. Or he say, "Oh, do you see your side mirror?

[00:28:19]Why did your motor mobile In ABROAD THEY CANNOT DO THIS. WHEN POLICE even in abroad the police follow your bike, you go they fear.

[00:28:25]Why they follow me? You go go they drive calmly. BECAUSE I WANT TO GET YOU GO GO MAKE SAY YOUR LEG. NO, for Nigeria now where they go see police, they want jump you come out for road. All these things.

[00:28:35]Today you go see the way police they they are mad. They they swear. That is another thing. The last thing is not my last word that I want to say. This point if the government can even hear them. Go buy rice now. My I I reach one place go greet somebody for balance. I know >> Thank you SO MUCH PRISCILLA.

[00:29:28]THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.

[00:29:30]That is I mean she just reeled it out one after the other and really that's what we're dealing with.

[00:29:37]Miriam, in as much as yes we agree that there are frustration in in their profession. Let's still not on on their mind what he has done. No no one is undermining that. A man that lacks integrity. I'm saying that do you know that there are some police officers that no matter the frustration that they are going through, they will never stoop this low. Do you think so? They will never harass any civilian because they have honor for the force that they are on and they as a human they have honor.

[00:30:09]And I keep saying this thing that if we are not our brother's keeper, we understand but are you not also coming to pour your frustration on the common man on the civilian on the road that is See Miriam, Miriam, if we are all sometimes we are all frustrated and we come on the show and we do our job. We do you know everybody battles different things. I had a colleague that they robbed her, stole her laptop that had her project and she came on the show and she was smiling. She was making people happy. I've faced my own. Everybody has faced their own demons and we come and we'll be smiling and you know oh but we I come and say, "Hey, what are you Like, no, no. That is a threat. You have This is a threat, and it's even punishable self by the law.

[00:30:51]For you to even You as a civilian, for you to even be threatening someone, say, "I will kill you." If that person should die, they will hold you responsible.

[00:30:58]>> Thank you, Mona. Let me read a comment.

[00:31:00]Please, let's get comments from our YouTube viewers. Um Saratu here says, "There's no justification for his threat against the people. He spoke his truth, and that's it. If it were against the force and the authorities and other higher powers, then I'll say it's out of frustration. The fact that it's still the victims of police misconduct that he threatened, um it is his truth. It is arrogance and entitlement. He's only sorry he got caught."

[00:31:27]>> that. Okay.

[00:31:29]So, if he's talking to his bosses and he's talking out of the streets, but to threaten the average Nigerian >> comments Yes, here. This one. You are the one who needs a police officer.

[00:31:36]>> Sean Sean and Shona 007 said, "If Mona Nigerian police quit their job, that's the only way they will see reform to the Nigerian police."

[00:31:45]And Justin Passy said 22 said, "If a policeman in Nigeria is dissatisfied with condition of service and decide decides to resign, what other options is available there for them? Do you think kidnapping for ransom will stop soon?"

[00:31:57]Mhm. We have a call before we Let me take this call. Ade is calling us from London. Good morning, Ade.

[00:32:04]All right. All right, ladies. You're having my credit. Oh, sorry.

[00:32:09]Anyway, he laughs. All right, the last week uh almost spoke very well, very, very well.

[00:32:15]>> Yes, precisely. And I I I concur with what Mona said. So, my advice to IG, the police officer, please, don't dismiss him.

[00:32:24]Don't sack him.

[00:32:27]Because if you sack this man, he'll go and form a young gang, and they will be and negative things. So, don't sack him. You can post him to uh Abuja head office for to stay at the gate. He'll be opening the gate. and closing the gate. So, you won't have access to ammunition.

[00:32:44]Then police department police who are here, I think we can talk from now till tomorrow. It will see commissioner of police from my state was transferred. You know, they have to and it was alleged that he commanded all his men. He wants 22 million naira every month.

[00:32:59]>> [clears throat] >> I want this fuel that about that time because they are using the money. They have to transfer that from those things and bring some Yes. So, this thing is going on because the money they allocated for that is not getting to the root. So, let the president appoint uh like Sagari time presidential liaison officer in each state to manage the finance area of the police. So, that they can have access to whatever they need. Either uniform, everything. Don't leave it for the commissioner. Don't leave it for the IG. So, that is the best way to go to take care of these people. You know they don't give London They don't give police house in London. But they are well paid. They are well taken care of.

[00:33:37]So, they don't need to take any money from you. That is the problem. So, God will rescue Nigeria. That's my own problem. Thank you so much, AD. For your ladies, I think that's all. Okay. I wanted like like some sort of solutions, you know, not just talking. Uh you know, we have another topic, but if you can just give us a couple of tips and then we would end with that.

[00:33:58]I I think the police should should institute ticket issuance instead of outright prosecution. They should issue tickets attached to number plates. Once you go for renewal, you see the offense you've committed. At least they'll be sending You won't have any reason to give me trauma. Also, we have the the police complaint response unit where citizens can call and complain. When they should take that seriously and not wave it aside. And they should also have a a platform where the police can also complain and be heard. Their children should be given scholarships. They should be their welfare should be free education for their children definitely for their children and all.

[00:34:37]>> And if you lose a partner to on to them in service Yes, in service. Please Their children should be given free What do you mean free education?

[00:34:45]>> Thank you so much ladies. Let us go.

[00:34:48]They have free primary But you cannot take your child there. So it's not your choice. There are so many issues and but ladies thank you so much for your contribution on this topic. Let's go on a short break. When we return we'll look at our next hot topic. Stay with us and we'll be right back.

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