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SARS Demands One Million Naira After Abducting Me, A Nigerian Speaks
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Recounting his ordeal with SARS, the Nigerian, who does not want to be named for safety reason, said his friend and him were forcefully arrested, adding that the SARS officials threatened to kill him if he attempted to contact anyone for help.
A Nigerian youth has narrated his encounter with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the police and how operatives demanded N1m bail to free him after an illegal arrest.
Recounting his ordeal with SARS, the Nigerian, who does not want to be named for safety reason, said his friend and him were forcefully arrested, adding that the SARS officials threatened to kill him if he attempted to contact anyone for help.
Describing the SARS officials as “real demonsâ€, the youth said despite not finding anything incriminating on him, the officials demanded N1m before they would be released.
He said, “After checking our phones and finding nothing, they told my friend to get down from the car and get into their bus. He complied.
“In the car, they started to threaten me. Telling me how they will lock me up, chain me and no one would do anything about it.
“They told me that if I tried to call out for help again, they will shoot me and throw my body down and no one would find me. These guys are real demons.
“After driving for about one hour, they asked us to pay them N1m, which I asked why?â€
He revealed that the SARS officials tortured and brutalised them while driving around the state.
He stated that he paid a sum of N100,000 to gain his freedom from the unjust arrest from the men.
“Seeing that we weren’t about to give them the money, they ended up bringing it down to N100,000, which they drove us to Zenith Bank along Osolo way, opposite SOS home where they made my guy get down from the bus to withdraw the money from the ATM.
“After they got the money, they let us go. Till now I still do not know my crime,†he said.
Nigerians have renewed the call for the scrapping of SARS following fresh extrajudicial killings of some youth.
Young People on social media also called for total rejection and reprisal attack against the unlawful activities of SARS operatives with the hashtag #WarOnSars.
Reacting to the outcry, the Nigeria Police Force has banned the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other tactical squads from routine patrol as well as stop-and-search.
Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday, banned the unit from engaging in routine patrol at the federal, zonal and command levels.http://saharareporters.com/2020/10/05/sars-demanded-n1m-bail-after-%E2%80%98abducting%E2%80%99-me-nigerian-says#:~:text=Recounting%20his%20ordeal%20with%
A Nigerian youth has narrated his encounter with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the police and how operatives demanded N1m bail to free him after an illegal arrest.
Recounting his ordeal with SARS, the Nigerian, who does not want to be named for safety reason, said his friend and him were forcefully arrested, adding that the SARS officials threatened to kill him if he attempted to contact anyone for help.
Describing the SARS officials as “real demonsâ€, the youth said despite not finding anything incriminating on him, the officials demanded N1m before they would be released.
He said, “After checking our phones and finding nothing, they told my friend to get down from the car and get into their bus. He complied.
“In the car, they started to threaten me. Telling me how they will lock me up, chain me and no one would do anything about it.
“They told me that if I tried to call out for help again, they will shoot me and throw my body down and no one would find me. These guys are real demons.
“After driving for about one hour, they asked us to pay them N1m, which I asked why?â€
He revealed that the SARS officials tortured and brutalised them while driving around the state.
He stated that he paid a sum of N100,000 to gain his freedom from the unjust arrest from the men.
“Seeing that we weren’t about to give them the money, they ended up bringing it down to N100,000, which they drove us to Zenith Bank along Osolo way, opposite SOS home where they made my guy get down from the bus to withdraw the money from the ATM.
“After they got the money, they let us go. Till now I still do not know my crime,†he said.
Nigerians have renewed the call for the scrapping of SARS following fresh extrajudicial killings of some youth.
Young People on social media also called for total rejection and reprisal attack against the unlawful activities of SARS operatives with the hashtag #WarOnSars.
Reacting to the outcry, the Nigeria Police Force has banned the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other tactical squads from routine patrol as well as stop-and-search.
Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday, banned the unit from engaging in routine patrol at the federal, zonal and command levels.
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Seersam
Things Are Not Making Sense Any Longer Mr President
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Dear President Buhari,
This is not the time for an epistle but the truth in the clearest manner I can pass it across. You have always reiterated your commitment to make lives better for the masses of Nigerians, but what has been successfully achieved is quite the opposite. You have further stripped millions of ordinary Nigerians of their defence to deal with the economic buffetings in today’s Nigeria, while further creating a soothing atmosphere for a bunch whose god is their belly and those who have never put country first.
These are people who can’t be bothered by the misery of the masses as long as they find a way to profit from the system. These are also people with some form of legal authority who never miss the opportunity to fleece innocent Nigerians. That’s quite unfortunate. But that’s a talk for another day.
The citizens cannot blame you for the sting on our national life occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, but we can definitely hold you accountable for the quality of leadership provided. We can hold you responsible for taking the hard decisions that have taken away virtually everything from those who have nothing. We can hold you responsible for the aloofness and the can’t-be-bothered disposition.
The biting effects of the increase in fuel, electricity tariff, and numerous tax burdens have inspired an increase in the prices of services and food items (other factors are also responsible for this). Things were hard. Now, they are harder. And we know the way things work here: once the prices go up, it would take the grace of God for them to come down.
The larger consequences of these burdens on our society is a situation where everyday people are forced to cut corners just to get by. And that’s how the rot deepens. We seem not to understand that the ‘poor’ Nigerians are in the majority. The other arguments on the timing of some of the policies and the far-reaching adverse effects have been raised elsewhere.
Time is running out on us to turn the tides, and it appears we are in some self-induced oblivion. We don’t have that time we so waste on some needless formalities. That’s why it’s shocking that in the midst of the many things we have to deal with, your ‘boys’ still find the time to respond to, more like ‘attack’ anyone who is somebody that expresses a view that is not in the shade of the praise you would rather want to hear.
Something like ‘Nigerians have never had life this fantastic thanks to President Buhari’ or ‘Nigeria is safer today under President Buhari than it was so-so-and-so years ago’. Of course, the government should be commended for great work but the penchant for paean in the face of abnormalities and hardship should not be the encouraged culture. The truth is: Nigeria does not need all that sycophancy from those who think they are something, or want to be something.
More out of fear than anything else, people have chosen to remain silent on the awry state of affairs. To say something would be to get the description of a ‘wailer’ or a ‘divider-in-chief’ depending on their status. This, however, does not detract from the validity of what’s being said. The truth is what it is. In other cases, many are arrested for even daring to protest.
With developments like these, one is forced to question the kind of democracy we practice. Some people in your team do not also help matters by putting out statements either void of tact or barefaced insults, or both.
Hurling vitriol at those who hold dissenting views shows that the team can sometimes be too overzealous for anyone’s good. It is also proof that some only read newspapers on the look for who to insult and describe with new registers to be added to our political lexicon. If that’s the best they can do, then something is wrong. In any case, millions of suffering Nigerians don’t read these things so it just doesn’t make any sense. We don’t need the drama. Let the work done speak for itself.
Can I respectfully suggest that such people do better with their time? A good place to start would be in advising you on the statements you shouldn’t be making in public. One of such statements is telling Nigerians that you have done your best. What exactly does this mean?
There would be tougher days ahead that would require you to do more but if the most has been done, where does that leave us? Mr. President, now is not the time to simply throw words around. You are human, yes, but the country needs that father in you. Now is the time to get us all united behind the decisions that must be taken in the interest of the greatest number. Please, don’t send someone to do that job. Do it yourself, sir.
These are not very good times. Many people are almost losing it as they struggle to make sense of their current realities. I believe there would be greater days ahead but I must say: it’s an incredibly arduous task being a Nigerian. The level of deprivation is worse than your lackeys would want to admit. To such people, all is well but that’s a lie. More Nigerians are slipping into extreme poverty but that’s something I believe you should already know. The question is, sir: what are you going to do about it?https://www.thecable.ng/dear-president-buhari-things-are-no-longer-making-sense
This is not the time for an epistle but the truth in the clearest manner I can pass it across. You have always reiterated your commitment to make lives better for the masses of Nigerians, but what has been successfully achieved is quite the opposite. You have further stripped millions of ordinary Nigerians of their defence to deal with the economic buffetings in today’s Nigeria, while further creating a soothing atmosphere for a bunch whose god is their belly and those who have never put country first.
These are people who can’t be bothered by the misery of the masses as long as they find a way to profit from the system. These are also people with some form of legal authority who never miss the opportunity to fleece innocent Nigerians. That’s quite unfortunate. But that’s a talk for another day.
The citizens cannot blame you for the sting on our national life occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, but we can definitely hold you accountable for the quality of leadership provided. We can hold you responsible for taking the hard decisions that have taken away virtually everything from those who have nothing. We can hold you responsible for the aloofness and the can’t-be-bothered disposition.
The biting effects of the increase in fuel, electricity tariff, and numerous tax burdens have inspired an increase in the prices of services and food items (other factors are also responsible for this). Things were hard. Now, they are harder. And we know the way things work here: once the prices go up, it would take the grace of God for them to come down.
The larger consequences of these burdens on our society is a situation where everyday people are forced to cut corners just to get by. And that’s how the rot deepens. We seem not to understand that the ‘poor’ Nigerians are in the majority. The other arguments on the timing of some of the policies and the far-reaching adverse effects have been raised elsewhere.
Time is running out on us to turn the tides, and it appears we are in some self-induced oblivion. We don’t have that time we so waste on some needless formalities. That’s why it’s shocking that in the midst of the many things we have to deal with, your ‘boys’ still find the time to respond to, more like ‘attack’ anyone who is somebody that expresses a view that is not in the shade of the praise you would rather want to hear.
Something like ‘Nigerians have never had life this fantastic thanks to President Buhari’ or ‘Nigeria is safer today under President Buhari than it was so-so-and-so years ago’. Of course, the government should be commended for great work but the penchant for paean in the face of abnormalities and hardship should not be the encouraged culture. The truth is: Nigeria does not need all that sycophancy from those who think they are something, or want to be something.
More out of fear than anything else, people have chosen to remain silent on the awry state of affairs. To say something would be to get the description of a ‘wailer’ or a ‘divider-in-chief’ depending on their status. This, however, does not detract from the validity of what’s being said. The truth is what it is. In other cases, many are arrested for even daring to protest.
With developments like these, one is forced to question the kind of democracy we practice. Some people in your team do not also help matters by putting out statements either void of tact or barefaced insults, or both.
Hurling vitriol at those who hold dissenting views shows that the team can sometimes be too overzealous for anyone’s good. It is also proof that some only read newspapers on the look for who to insult and describe with new registers to be added to our political lexicon. If that’s the best they can do, then something is wrong. In any case, millions of suffering Nigerians don’t read these things so it just doesn’t make any sense. We don’t need the drama. Let the work done speak for itself.
Can I respectfully suggest that such people do better with their time? A good place to start would be in advising you on the statements you shouldn’t be making in public. One of such statements is telling Nigerians that you have done your best. What exactly does this mean?
There would be tougher days ahead that would require you to do more but if the most has been done, where does that leave us? Mr. President, now is not the time to simply throw words around. You are human, yes, but the country needs that father in you. Now is the time to get us all united behind the decisions that must be taken in the interest of the greatest number. Please, don’t send someone to do that job. Do it yourself, sir.
These are not very good times. Many people are almost losing it as they struggle to make sense of their current realities. I believe there would be greater days ahead but I must say: it’s an incredibly arduous task being a Nigerian. The level of deprivation is worse than your lackeys would want to admit. To such people, all is well but that’s a lie. More Nigerians are slipping into extreme poverty but that’s something I believe you should already know. The question is, sir: what are you going to do about it?
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