@ChiefOjukwu@PeterPsquare 1.Most of us are the ones using SARS to intimidate ourselves. Small issue we call SARS: a tenant who couldn't pay rent; a roadside mechanic who didn't repair vehicle on time; a tailor who disappoints, etc. We use SARS to torment ourselves.
I argued with a friend back 2007 when he
@ChiefOjukwu@PeterPsquare 2. said Police is the most corrupt institution. I told him police is just a true reflection of the society. I said corruption is a Nigerian thing, that the reason why police own is obvious is because they are the agency who deals with the people most. I said the police aren't
@ChiefOjukwu@PeterPsquare aliens, they are from the people. If soldiers are given the role of the police today, they will behave the same. Fast forward to 2009 when Boko Haram started, we suffered in the hands of soldiers at the various check points from Kaduna to Maiduguri. A driver must give #100 or he
@ChiefOjukwu@PeterPsquare 4. won't be allowed to pass. If you don't have an id card you must pay #1000 or #500. It was a nightmare then in their hands. Like I have said earlier, police behaviour is a true reflection of the society's. The apartheid in South Africa was exhibited by the police. Likewise the
@ChiefOjukwu@PeterPsquare 5. the maltreatment of the blacks in America. As we want police reform, we should also have reform ourselves because you can't give what you don't have. Is from the society we produce the policemen and also the politicians.
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