1/ Are @PoliceNG, @NGRPresident, @MBuhari, @ProfOsinbajo and @AkinwunmiAmbode aware that there are armed men with AK47s using the cover of SARS to harass and intimidate (and sometimes rob) Nigerian citizens?
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2/ 30mins ago, while diving past Customs office Ikeja, there was a hold up and someone knocked on the passenger's window. I looked up and saw someone in black and while geticulationg asked "what is it?"
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3/ Next thing someone appeard in front of my car and another by my window. They both instructed me to park. Both instructed me to "COME DOWN!!" pointing their weapons.
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4/ I parked properly, got down and realised they wear waring black SARS Polos, Jeans with slippers. I was told to open my car booth which I did. "What is in that bag?" one asked. "My laptop" I replied.
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5/ Then they instructed the person in my passenger's seat "GO TO THE BACK" and I told me to enter my car and come with them (while one of them would seat in the passenger's seat). I then said "Ok, let me call my people and tell them SARS is taking me". "CUT THAT PHONE" they
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6/ commanded.While this was happening some Customs officers came out and wanted me to "leave the front of our office". I name dropped Hamid Ali and they calmed down. Next thhing the SARS people said to me "ENTER THAT VEHICLE" I looked up and saw a minibus painted in Danfo...
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7/ ...Yellow with and the Black lines to match. No plate number. I told them while shouting that there is no way I would be intering that.
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8/ More people began to gather as I continued my shouting. Thenone of them said "come first" I responded I am not coming anywhere. Insisting everything should be done in public. They asked for an ID card and I showed them my driver's licence. He now threatened to slap me.
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9/ Asked that I come with them again but I still refused to enter their unmarked vehicle. They seemed unsure of what to do next so they asked me to go. I said I was not going and would rather stay put (obviously to prevent being accosted away from the Customs office).
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10/ So they murmured and then grudgingly left. I waited a bit before I left.
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11/ The dangerous thing about SARS is that they are not under the command of the Commissioner of Police who itself is not under the command of the Governor. So I am at a loss to whom I am to give a report to?
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12/ Perhaps the Senate or the house can look into this because these fellows that accosted me could easily have been kidnappers or armed robbers. If I wasn't at that location or if it was at night, the story could easy have been different.
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13/ When they say we have the worst Police Force in the world the Nigerian police would be grumbling but stuff like this happen everyday.
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14/ I can recognize at least one of the men any day but who can I make a report to?
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So many gbagauns on this thread. Abeg no vex I dey vex as I dey type am.
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