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Paul Okoye has shared an inspiring tale of how he saved a young Nigerian man from police brutality months ago, only to see him on TV last night playing against Barcelona in the champions league.

Paul Okoye took to Instagram to advise young Nigerians to use their phones in recording police officers whenever they are being harassed so that they can defend themselves.

He then went on to narrate how he came across a young man with dreads being harassed by police officers who were accusing him of being a fraudster (Yahoo boy) because of his appearance.

Paul said the man told the officers that he's a footballer but they didn't believe him and told him that all Yahoo boys claim to be footballers or musicians.

Paul said the officers became uncomfortable when he started filming them so they let the young man go.

Last night, November 5, Paul was pleasantly surprised when he was watching a football match on TV and saw the same man he saved months ago on his screen. Turns out the man is a professional footballer named Olayinka Peter Oladeji.

Rudeboy shared the story on Instagram, writing:

Few month ago, I posted “some Nigerians police are illiterate “ because I witnessed how they treated a young man with short dreads @ lekki phase1 entrance gate . they were harassing and calling him all sort of names... criminal, yahoo boy and all, when i asked what is happening here?, the young man tried to explain to me that they said his car documents where photocopy, they want to take him to the station, that he should send someone to bring the original to the station, one of the police was inside the guys car already screaming “ my friend come and move this car !! You are a criminal!” I told the police to stop calling him a criminal , the young man said he’s not a criminal, that he’s a footballer, and the police man said that what all you criminals and yahoo boys say... if it’s not footballer, it’s musician and all so I got pissed, brought out my phone and started making a video, the police were uncomfortable, that’s was how they decided to let him go ... later that night this young man sent me a Dm and thanked me ... but then his Instagram page was verified.... to cut the long story short..... yesterday I saw this same young man playing against Barcelona in champions league Barcelona vs slavia Prague azin ehh!!, I was like this guy looks familiar, had to type his name on I.g @olayinka_peter .... I was very proud of what I did that night ,... then I screamed again .... God punish some illiterate Nigerian police

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4hG2BknK1j/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.wavygist.com/2019/11/06/paul-okoye-shocked-to-see-nigerian-man-on-tv-playing-against-barcelona-in-champions-league-months-after-he-saved-him-from-police-harassment/

Wow its good to be good

Ok

Nice one Rudeboy

Filming trigger happy naija police Man openly SUICIDE

Imagine if the useless police shot or injured him , this is how we would have lost another national treasure.
Smh .

It's not always that easy to film those idiots called police o... Talking from experience... Don't be surprised. They do harass ladies like me too

Msheeeewwwww Olayinka way don dey cut ticket since 2001....All these trash spilling because barca no beat them yesterday... at least a 1:0 scoreline would have saved me from seeing this trash... Shame on you barca and your failed fans



Pukes

Thumb up King Rudy.

Touching story. Bold intervention from Rudeboy. Disgraceful act from Nigerian Police. By the way, Peter Olayinka is a member of Super Eagles. Just Imagine something went wrong and this guy was wasted on that day.

Only God knows how many souls they've wasted because of tattoo and dreadlocks.














It wasn't this much pre 2015.

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Police harassment is turning to something else now as far as they are concerned everybody is a fraudster

The police are the most useless entity after the Nigerian government.. Treating a Nigerian as slave is nothing short of man’s inhuman to man!

If only those policemen knew who they were harassing, they would be like, oga find something for your boys

The Nigerian police are more than just force men and women but also tax collectors, since most Nigerians don't like paying tax.

In of harassment, Nigerian police are next to none

Never forget... "Police is your friend " no matter the situation. If you know, you know

Threebear:
Imagine if the useless police shot or injured him , this is how we would have lost another national treasure.
Smh .

Imagine how many promising young guys those evil men in black have killed their dreams, thus denying them a fulfilling life and their families the fruit of their labour.
May destruction come upon all those evil men! Amen

Na SARS handwork
They judge you by your looks, your phone and the car you drive...
I wanted to say you have sense until I saw were you wrote "bring out your phone"
Nigerian police go shoot you or damage the phone
Don't try this if you don't have any spy gadget don't video the Nigerian police...

Sabby1:
The Nigerian police are more than just force men and women but also tax collectors, since most Nigerians don't like paying tax.

In of harassment, Nigerian police are next to none

Never forget... "Police is your friend " no matter the situation. If you know, you know

This kind picture... lol

The level of poverty and illiteracy in the NPF is too high. majority of these armed men are local fools with outdated sense of reasoning

Please, how can I influence my daughter to become a star footballer? She will arrive in January.

pussyjuliet:
It's not always that easy to film those idiots called police o... Talking from experience... Don't be surprised. They do harass ladies like me too

When you appear like that, they ll surely harass you

This people wey turn Barce to Sunrise FC....

Naija players plenty ooooo.but them no the come home come play for naija

Na wa oh