Fuck the police, I’m a hustler!

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Fuck the police!
Once in a while I do the night crawling thing or even sef the normal broad day light minding my own business ish only to be harassed by the Nigerian Police. Such encounters only succeed in leaving a bitter taste in my mind about our law enforcement agents and getting me blabbing out verbal obscenities like “fuck the police!” (When I’m not in earshot distance sha) A phrase made popular by many an American rapper. Webbo can clearly relate with me on that. A lot of police officers have so angered me that I doubt if I can ever bring myself to lend a helping hand to an enforcer of the law again. It’s a shame really…on both sides.

Somebody once suggested that extortion and not protection of life and property is the main business the Nigerian Police are into and I strongly agree with him. The situation is so bad that it’s virtually only in Nigeria that one hears the word police and begins to be afraid. An ideal situation is if called upon for questioning by the police you swiftly do so and then go about your normal business.

There’s no dignity in the Nigerian Police profession, people loathe them. In developed countries the police are really your friend. They’re respected by all and sundry starting from the common man on the street all the way to the big time celebrity and business mogul. I still fondly remember when I was a kid of about 6 years old in London, how we would have regular visits in school by Policemen who would come to speak to us about how to cross the road and not talking to strangers. They’d play with us…educate and entertain us and in the end we couldn’t help but look upon them with admiration. Such happening in Naija? Highly unlikely.

The way forward? A major course of the misconduct of the police is their poor salaries. As such their mind has been corruption conditioned as a way to break even. A mega pay rise taking into consideration the risk factor involved in their profession would help to set their minds straight. Also years of negative accustomization to the theory that being a member of the force is a license to be a mild terrorist/above the law should be dealt with by reorientating them to their service duty of keeping watch over society like a loving big brother. Also the low educational qualification levels of many Policemen is responsible for their brutish ways, a new policy of recruiting officers with a minimum qualification of an OND certificate would go a long way to seeing that the force becomes a respectable outfit.



I’m a hustler!
You know how ingenious our 19 boys can be (energy channelled in the wrong direction…yeah I know). Well out of idleness and brokenness I created what could be a potential 19 runs marketing ad (pictured above). I like the professional way I went about relaying my message (although I used one too many slangs). You tell me, could anyone fall for that?

Comments (8)

The head of the man bears a suspicious resemblance to OBJ's! :lol:

Big Pimpin',Trae ...Big pimpin'

nice write up about the pooooolice

i like the image you used man its 19 style but upmarket apart from the recharge card you mentioned, it can easily pass for a(suga momma) date ad.
the booty got me tripping though,i wonder if i'll find a well toned 30+ naija woman

Hahahahaha, I like the Police smashing. No mind those people. But hope no physical mal-handling involved sha.

lmao @ the pimping levels. That doesn't look like '19 desperation to me. It's more like an honest appeal! Some confidence to go with it, too.

U on a blog vcation too?

@BJ: yes there was physical mal-handling involved :(. hope my guys now know how it feels when they harrass girls.

@web-o: i'm not on vacation, it's just that i write only when i feel like.

Sorry to hear about that, man. Like you rightly pointed out, most of them have low IQ, and aren't fit to be in the force. God help us and we'll help ourselves, too! *evil grin* :D

People often have issues with police here in Yankee too, but at least they have some form of recourse. Nigerian Police Force is a joke. Get rid of them and armed robbery would go down by at least 50%