Aqui no Brasil têm muitas Polícias corruptas também, inclusive às Policiais Estaduais e Municipais.E já a Polícia Rodoviária Federal e a Polícia federal é mais difícil eles pedirem Dinheiros,eles ganham salários altíssimos.
I’m in Nigeria now Lagos! This happen to me at the airport coming in the country at the airport. Also today on Irawo ikurodu road held my vehicle registration paperwork and American divers license until get got the bribe he wanted! Even got in the back of my vehicle and was trying to get me to drive to a police station in ikeja when I refused! It really makes Nigeria look bad and unprofessional! Foreigners or tourist aren’t safe from this either they even want more from us! It was a horrible experience! If you’re looking to relocate or invest in Africa from the diaspora I’m sorry but Nigeria shouldn’t be considered!
We are all ambassadors for our countries. What we do to others reflects our culture and our people. I watched that episode of Itchy Boots on RU-vid and those police officers were entirely out of line. Surely they're not the only ones that do this.
This is why people have no confidence in Africa law or justice system. Lack of professionalism, training and oversight, rules, procedures, and integrity will perpetuate the idea that Africa is a place to avoid. Such disgrace!
North America is not a whole lot better - I have lived as an expat in Uganda and Malawi, perhaps it is hidden and covered up better here, but we are just as corrupt - it's just not to blatantly obvious.
This police officer didn't answer the original question as to whether dismissal from service is the usual punishment for policemen caught extorting money from the general public.
First things first: I am grateful to the good Nigerian Police for all the help in society. However, dismissing two men and making a mountain out of it is nothing near to finding a solution to the problems of the NPF. I feel if we go by dismissing every police man or woman asking for money on our roads or at the police stations, then the Nigerian nation by now will be without any police man or woman. The country as a whole must desire this attitudinal change and root it out together. We can!
Bribery is not “ nothing “ and it will never be in a 1st world country.. if a 3rd world country like Nigeria can change there attitude and understand how wrong these officers are then you start to change attitude
To serve your country should be a selfless service. They are the ones that set the example and uphold the law. They're also ambassadors for their country. What they do or what they say to a tourist directly reflects their people's culture and beliefs. These men obviously send the message that their country is a shitty place to visit.
Our first world countries are better??? I am Canadian, I have lived in Uganda, Malawi, and five States in the US - the only thing our "1st world countries" do is hide it better. We are rife with political corruption - at least the third world has the balls to admit it goes on. @@brianandrew1779
Those two were just unlucky, now they have to face denial of not being real police personnel hence attributing the reason for their misconduct to the fact that they were just 'constables'. What a funny thing to say. Maybe that should be the new Name for Corrupt Nigerian police officers because we have a lot of 'CONSTABLES' along the Aba-Portharcourt express road and something has to be done about it.
Is the Police PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi saying that if these two were ‘bonified’ policemen and not constabularies (supervised by the Nigeria Police), they would have not ask for money? Then he moves to say he has received more than 100 complaints from the public on the conduct of policemen in one morning alone. Policemen extorting money from motorists on our roads has been with us for years and not every Nigerian has access to a camera or can boldly record police men asking for money. Unfortunately, the sacking of these two policemen does not deal with the root causes.
The sad side to this, is that there are very good people who call Nigeria their home and made to suffer from this corruption! Surely this did not only happen to the Dutch Rider they are referring to. They started somewhere and they are not the only ones.
I can tell you from experience, the sooner you guys progress you country economically while reducing economic disparity the sooner you will get rid of this problem. Wish you best of luck. 😉Greetings from Slovakia. Would love to visit Nigeria one day. I knew some Nigerians in my life and they were fun to be with.😁
It did for sure and we all saw it. Check out her travel blog episode . We watched as she arrived at their check point and they asked. Still, I disagree with the method and shameful way they were dragged before the press and had their clothes removed. Not necessary. PLus they were one case in thousands. Not really fair they lost their livelihood.
Nothing new here. I spent several months working in lagos in the 80s. Corruption was rampant then as well. Checked into a brand new Holiday Inn only to be told I had no reservation which was made a month prior. Money changed hands and suddenly my reservation appeared.
It was because of the video and not because she was non-African. Videos have made Nigerian police officers get punished because of misconduct towards Nigerians.
Policemen asked for and collected money from people of Abia State for years in front of the office of the Abia State CP until Gov Alex Oti became the Governor. It was a big fight before they left the road. Would this man say also that they are not policemen?
I had this same problem in Mombasa and Nigeria this is why I no longer travel through African countries. There plenty of countries I have not been too so why would I still travel through Africa!!
I followed this lady for couple episodes and I saw two incidents with the “officers” in different countries. One officer told her that her international driving license is not valid…duh The second one is when the officer took her camera… I hope that these two will hear from theirs respective governments. In one episode where her motorcycle fell into the river…t thought all of her belongings and the motorcycle were gone as the people who supposedly helped her would take all…however everything was ok…hats off to those people who helped her.
The countries police need to be trustworthy and to ask for money from a solo traveler who is visiting needs to be stamped out. “Preying on vulnerable people “ luckily” the Dutch traveler was able to brush it off and ride on. Two police officers asking for money is wrong in any country
This man downplaying this because they wasnt official cops is the problem i bet it happens everyday they just did it on cam with a respected youtuber who gets massive views
I did not appreciate the attitude of the two police officers, but it also seemed like a joke to me. However, I find this charade disgraceful. This dismissal is a mockery and does not honor Nigerian justice. Have you investigated and interrogated the two police officers, or did you punish them based on social media and the viral video? I see many Europeans happy about the dismissal of these two individuals, but in my opinion, in your countries, they would have received at most a warning letter, perhaps a suspension, or a transfer to another assignment. A shameful parody of justice!
this public display of dismissal looks like shaming. its stupid and cruel . she should interfere and take back those words calling them ''corrupt '' . specially when everybody is in one way or another . calling this incident lack of system to uphold law for order would be more appropriate . its amazing how sound . mouth makes can create reality
when you don't pay the men who enforce your laws , don't expect them to uphold the law .. the root cause of corruption is greed , in this case the greed is at the top, where the money stays , I'm sure no one in Nigeria is surprised by this story , it's simply a part of their daily lives ..
Nigeria, like many countries. pays people poorly with the expectation that bribes will take up the slack. these two only happened to get caught on Noraly's camera. how many more people had they extorted money from? Nigeria's oil wealth stays at the top of society.
I am German and have seen the full travel video of the Dutch tourist. It looked like the Policeman asked her with a portion of irony and being funny, he even laughed, and she also took it like fun (at least it was my impression). Then he let her go instantly... But it did not look like black mailing ! In my opinion very hard decision . BUT however IN GENERAL , this is also a great reaction of the responsibles to show publicly that they FINALLY care for tourists and safety. And that is not just because of Nigeria alone but mainly due to orders THANK D.J.T. .and the PRESIDENT of Nigeria !!!!! Over all, I miss that in Germany ! This should be shown all over the world !
If you want to see a police officer trying to extort money just go on one of the bridges in and out of Victoria Island at night I have many of times been stopped by police roadblock while in the back of a taxi first they try to get money out of the taxi driver and then have asked for money from myself or asked my brother, my brother what can you do for me? I am not saying though all police officers are corrupt, but unfortunately a large amount abuse that position for gain
Yes it happened but was this parading and removing their clothes necessary? They were one in a pool of thousands of others doing the same thing. Feel sorry for them and Noraly will feel the same that it was because of her video they lost their livelyhood.
This man is talking rubbish as they always do, so they were not trained properly but unleashed on the public ? Of course they are policemen, there's no difference if they have power of enforcement and their badge says NPF. Nigerian Police officers are armed robbers in police uniforms and every Nigerian citizen knows the truth. He should stop talking rubbish about they are constabularies and not policemen. Absolute nonsense, bad eggs needs to be flushed out of the force and not just in the police, they are in Customs, Immigration and other agencies as well.
Nigeria, like many countries. pays people poorly with the expectation that bribes will take up the slack. these two only happened to get caught on Noraly's camera. how many more people had they extorted money from? Nigeria's oil wealth stays at the top of society.
