Nigerian Singer’s attempts using Police PRO as screensaver to stop-N-search by bribe-seeking officers during travel
Nigerian Singer’s attempts using Police PRO as screensaver to stop-N-search by bribe-seeking officers during travel Attempt to Use Police PRO as Screensaver Fails to Prevent Bribe-Seeking Officers during Travel
Nigerian singer, Trishawnary, has shared his disappointment on social media after his attempt to use a photo of the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, as his phone screensaver failed to save him from bribe-seeking police officers while he was traveling.
Trishawnary took to Twitter to alert Adejobi of his action and hoped that he would not be harassed or extorted by officers at checkpoints during his journey.
However, his plan did not go as intended. Trishawnary revealed that their vehicle was still flagged down by police officers in Delta state, and despite showing them his screensaver of Adejobi, the officers still collected a bribe of N5000 (Nigerian Naira) from him.
The officers allegedly claimed that the chassis number of the car did not match.
Trishawnary, who goes by the username @trishawnary on Twitter, expressed his disappointment at the incident. He had hoped that using the photo of the police spokesperson as his screensaver would deter officers from engaging in corruption and harassment.
However, his experience serves as a reminder of the pervasive issue of bribery and extortion by some law enforcement officials in Nigeria.
He shared; “Sir @Princemoye1 I dey travel tomorrow by road. I have used your picture as screen saver hoping that your boys will not descend on me and take me to somewhere I no know
I don enter road like this o, we don encounter like 7 checkpoints. So far them just Dey search our bags and nobody don ask for my phone yet sha
We Dey delta like this o. With the way them don search us? Our boot don spoil e no Dey lock again. So we decided to bring all the bags into the backseat, we left it scattered the way the previous officers left it after searching
Them don stop us somewhere along Benin-Warri Road… saying the chassis number on the papers are incorrect. They’ve stopped us o. Saying that the chassis number has a typo.
What I want to ask is, is there no way to rectify things like this and allow citizens to go on their way . But no They’re asking for money. They took 5000 from me with this account. I no know weda na pos person sha.”
Sir @Princemoye1
I dey travel tomorrow by road. I have used your picture as screen saver hoping that your boys will not descend on me and take me to somewhere I no know pic.twitter.com/yK6YvLf1bk— Thylacine (@trishawnary) April 21, 2023
We Dey delta like this o. With the way them don search us? Our boot don spoil e no Dey lock again. So we decided to bring all the bags into the backseat, we left it scattered the way the previous officers left it after searching pic.twitter.com/RJnAX5l4Xz
— Thylacine (@trishawnary) April 22, 2023
They took 5000 from me with this account. I no know weda na pos person sha pic.twitter.com/oGGNYivem9
— Thylacine (@trishawnary) April 22, 2023