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Twitter User narrates his Ordeal after being Detained for 24 Hours by the Nigerian Police
A Twitter user with the handle @Mr_Svengali had quite a difficult night yesterday after he and three of his friends were picked up by Policemen from the Ojuelegba Police Command.
According to him, it was a little past 10PM when they were picked up and they were detained for 24 hours with no charges or information on why they were being detained.
His tweets have caused quite a reaction on Nigerian Twitter with several people calling out the injustice of the Nigerian police.
See his tweets below.
Having got back from work at a little past 10, o decided to eat indomie at a popular mai shayi cc @4eyedmonk @Gidi_Traffic
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
Four police trucks pulled up and forcefully put myself and three friends in their trucks @Gidi_Traffic
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
Slaps, blows and torn shirts we were herded to the Ojuelegba police command @4eyedmonk @NigerianPolice having been accused of nothing
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
Without a statement and with demands for money cos our only crime was ‘why una no chop for house?’ @Gidi_Traffic @4eyedmonk
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
We’re in a cell at the Ojuelegba police force having been accused of nothing and being harassed for bribes @NigerianPolice
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
Three hours in police custody with no statements and no charge.
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
The @NigerianPolice is a colossal disgrace. Why am i in a cell for commiting no crime?
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
@UwzRemeo read previous tweets. My crime was deciding to eat out
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
Your men ar the ojuelegba command want 15,000 from us. With no charge and no statement @NigerianPolice
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
This country is a joke. Y’all need to get out while you can. A mess of a country
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
@UwzRemeo lol. Okay. Twenty of us in this cell and with no single charge. You’re obviously new to the Nigerian police.
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
@__gershom i dey police cell. How do u think i am?
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
@__gershom I’ve called everyone i know. These guys wont let us out till morning
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
That a citizen of this country can be arrested without charge for no offense and put in a cell for 24hrs is a disgrace @NigerianPolice
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
These police men had the nerve to tell us our crime was ‘why una no chop for house ‘? Una no fit go till una settle @NigerianPolice
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
1% of my battery left. I’ve spent four hours at an Ojeuelegba police cell with two friends having committed no crime. @NigerianPolice
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
The area commander came in this morning, looked at our beards and declared us fanatics
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
Got released ten minutes ago after the said commander forced us all to shave. The @NigerianPolice is a disgrace
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
@thejidetaiwo @PoliceNG @YomiShogunle yes sir, at about 10 am after insisting we shave our beard.
— Sàngo (@Mr_Svengali) May 11, 2016
Thankfully he and his friends have been released.
See the response of the Officer in Charge of the Complaint Response Unit (CRU), Abayomi Shogunle, after several other Twitter users called his attention to the case:
.@Mr_Svengali #CRU359117
Good morning, are you still at Ojuelegba @PoliceNG Station?@PoliceNG_CRU https://t.co/WpHn2tlihg#NPFcomplaint— Abayomi Shogunle (@YomiShogunle) May 11, 2016
As I Tweet, @PoliceNG_CRU Special Monitoring Team from FHQ on nationwide patrol is at Ojuelegba PS to verify Mr_Svengali report #CRU359117
— Abayomi Shogunle (@YomiShogunle) May 11, 2016
