I was at home resting after I have gone for my usual Saturday training when I received a call from one of the mothers of a boy (student) from our home town that stays in my area . She told me that his son just called her that he was in the police station that he has been arrested, I was trying to ask what actually happened but she was unable to give a clear story . I immediately dressed up and within minutes I was at the station . when I got there ,the police I met at the entrance asked for my mission and I told him the name of the boy I was looking for , he told me that he doubt if the boy would not go to prison with the crime he committed or we prepare a very robust money to settle the case ,when I tried to ask of what happened ,he said I should go inside the station to hear from the police in-charge.
When I got inside ,I saw them (3 guys ) behind the counter and the police explained that , the guys killed a goat that they alleged it has been eaten their food stuffs and broke their plates several times. The landlord association took it up and reported them because they suspected them to be behind the missing goats in the street.
The police now advised that we should go and beg the people in the community so that they could pardon them and they would be released . so , the parents for other guys joined me and we went to the street to beg but they insisted that the guys must sleep in the cell no matter what because they would have to call a meeting to decide. The police in-charge called one of the parents that we should report back at the station . When we got to the station we told the police what the position of the street people as pertains to their release was . The police man told us not to worry that we could secure the bail of the guys and they will tell the people that they were still in police cell the following morning.
They asked us to bring 20k on each guy . I was like what for ? and the police said by Monday if we didn’t do the right thing that they would take them to court and he said the magistrate in that town was wicked that he would asked them to be sent to prison ,at this point the two women who were the mothers of other guys started crying , I was just their thinking what are these people even saying . the police man asked us to answer them so that could go home for that day. So the parents pushed it to me to negotiate with the police , I don’t know how to price in the police station I was only used to the market pricing and to be frank I am good at that , so I brought that wit of my market pricing to the situation on ground . I told the police woman sent to us to negotiate that she should understand the state of the economy in the country that there was no money that they should please mange 3k for each guy … he didn’t allowed me to finish when she shouted on top of her voice calling on the other police men around to come and here how I dey price bail . Within seconds all of them don gather on top our head . That was how one of them came from nowhere dey slap me pointing gun at me as if he wanted to shoot me . I love my life oh. Immediately I left . I later called the boy’s parents to come down . I later learnt they paid 10k each and the matter was settled with the landlords the following day .
I just dey thank God since that time oh. Nigeria police could have do and undo with his gun that time
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