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US-Based Man Says Nigeria Police Stopped Him Over Dreadlocks (Video) (12398 Views)

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nlfpmod: 5:03pm On May 24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TvP_dW8zH0

"Nigeria Finally Happened To Me" - US based man who visited Nigeria shares his experience with the Nigeria police.

He said the police stopped their car because he was rocking dreadlocks and later said the police wanted money, bribe.

He revealed he was stopped by officers who searched his belongings and vehicle, allegedly because of his dreadlocks. The officers insisted on taking him to the station, despite finding nothing incriminating.

He claimed the situation escalated when he refused to pay a bribe, noting that the officers appeared determined to waste his time and pressure him into offering money.

The man said he ed the U.S. embassy during the encounter, after which he was eventually allowed to leave.

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LordBiden(m): 5:05pm On May 24
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OritseBemigho: 5:09pm On May 24
By next year, if you don't have the Emilokan cap on your head, you will be stopped.

You're lucky it's just Dreadlocks and Tattoo they're stopping now.

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KennethOkonkwo: 5:15pm On May 24
OritseBemigho:
By next year, if you don't have the Emilokan cap on your head, you will be stopped.

You're lucky it's just Dreadlocks and Tattoo they're stopping now.
That your candidate will never become president!

What kind of obsession is this...even in a post that has nothing to do with emilokan.


Never see such post election PAIN grin

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ROTTWEILER007: 5:16pm On May 24
You sef wey carry dirty dreads like person wey never baff dey drive clean car. Police sef go reason say na person car you move. You can wear dreads and still look good brah.

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specialmati(m): 5:17pm On May 24
grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin police

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MaziObinnaokija: 5:17pm On May 24
sad

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nairavision: 5:17pm On May 24
Not over dreadlocks, but over roughlook

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PepeXKermit: 5:18pm On May 24
if Nigeria happened to you, you wont be laughing my man. you dont know what that phrase means, you are not coming back from the land of the dead na person go dey talk am on your behalf!

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Smartcitizen: 5:18pm On May 24
LordBiden:
You where stopped because you looked like a criminal.
You can't dress responsible and get stopped.

No sane Nigerian police man will stop someone like me who always goes with a clean low cut hair and my business ID card.

With your dreads looking like my mopping stick. sad

How does Hushpuppi look like before he was arrested?

Was he not a criminal?

😎😎😎

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GboyegaD(m): 5:19pm On May 24
LordBiden:
You where stopped because you looked like a criminal.
You can't dress responsible and get stopped.

No sane Nigerian police man will stop someone like me who always goes with a clean low cut hair and my business ID card.

With your dreads looking like my mopping stick. sad

I knew I was going to read silly comments like this. Haven't you heard, "live and let's live?" Your style, your choice; his style, his choice.

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Flame333: 5:19pm On May 24
Police don masquerade for this country as everything take dey...
Tingotoe: 5:21pm On May 24
He's actually a Hausa guy from Kano named Isa Bako. I follow him on Ticktok. According to him, his father is a very rich man from Kano who sent him to the US to school but then shut him off when he adopted an 'American' way of life. Very intelligent guy

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Nahunger(m): 5:21pm On May 24
grin
Normal na

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Angelfrost(m): 5:21pm On May 24
LordBiden:
You where stopped because you looked like a criminal.
You can't dress responsible and get stopped.

No sane Nigerian police man will stop someone like me who always goes with a clean low cut hair and my business ID card.

With your dreads looking like my mopping stick. sad

You sound unexposed and unintelligent.

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brain54(m): 5:22pm On May 24
LordBiden:
You where stopped because you looked like a criminal.
You can't dress responsible and get stopped.

No sane Nigerian police man will stop someone like me who always goes with a clean low cut hair and my business ID card.

With your dreads looking like my mopping stick. sad
Mu²...

How do criminals look?

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jidesp(m): 5:26pm On May 24
The fact that you use the word responsible simply means you don’t comprehend the concept. Being responsible doesn’t mean appearance. Anyone who thinks appearance is irresponsibility. You need to first ask if he is able to take care of his family, pay his rent, and afford the good things. Now that’s the meaning of responsibility



LordBiden:
You where stopped because you looked like a criminal.
You can't dress responsible and get stopped.

No sane Nigerian police man will stop someone like me who always goes with a clean low cut hair and my business ID card.

With your dreads looking like my mopping stick. sad

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walosky(m): 5:27pm On May 24
The Police themselves how do they dress?

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Bobloco: 5:28pm On May 24
KennethOkonkwo:

That your candidate will never become president!

What kind of obsession is this...even in a post that has nothing to do with emilokan.


Never see such post election PAIN grin

You keep showing bitterness over and over.

Get over it, elections are long over, and now it’s time for governance to take center stage.

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dauntless15(m): 5:29pm On May 24
Welcome to Nigeria a backward country where people determine your behaviour from your physical features, tattoo means you're bad, dreads means you're a criminal, bald head means you're a Reverend father, meanwhile those doing all manner of evil like kidnapping, murdering, looting etc non of them have dreads, they're worried about dreads when the country is literally on fire, shey people with dreads no full usa, why are they not being harassed over there Abi it's only in this part of the world that a hairstyle is a national threat.

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zoghys: 5:30pm On May 24
LordBiden:
You where stopped because you looked like a criminal.
You can't dress responsible and get stopped.

No sane Nigerian police man will stop someone like me who always goes with a clean low cut hair and my business ID card.

With your dreads looking like my mopping stick. sad

So because he's on dreadlocks now, he's irresponsible. Some comments here are just preposterous to say the least. There are so many irresponsible people out there who dress up with good looking hair cut to deceive unsuspecting citizens. some of our so call police in this country have shown the highest regard and acceptability to corruption among other vices, so abeg let call them out when they mess up.

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Starhearts: 5:31pm On May 24
LordBiden:
You where stopped because you looked like a criminal.
You can't dress responsible and get stopped.

No sane Nigerian police man will stop someone like me who always goes with a clean low cut hair and my business ID card.

With your dreads looking like my mopping stick. sad

Criminal no dey write am 4 head
If oda believes u... count me out ..

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cyberbro: 5:33pm On May 24
nairavision:
Not over dreadlocks, but over roughlook

Having a dreadlock and beards is a rough look? Then the next thing is for the police to stop him and start stylishly asking for bribes right?

We have obviously normalized a lot of abnormal things in Nigeria.

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Kamaljones(m): 5:34pm On May 24
Interesting

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