A senior police officer identified as Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi has been slammed by Nigerians after stating that he escaped arrest by a Road Safety Officer when he was caught breaking a traffic law.
Adejobi, who is the spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force had revealed via Twitter that he was driving when he was stopped by a Road Safety officer who wanted to apprehend him for making phone calls while driving.
However, when the security personnel heard him telling the DPO to put a person in a cell. he immediately let him go.
Adejobi went on to state that to every rule, there is an exception.
He had written: “I was driving today in Abuja, and one road safety officer who wanted to arrest me for using phone, heard me instructing the DPO to put one person in d cell, he just saluted me, and passed me.
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“This is to say ‘to every rule, there must be an exception to save some situations’. Lol.”
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His tweet generated mixed reactions, with many accusing him of boasting about getting away with impunity.
Social media users insisted that if such an action was carried out by a civilian he would have been arrested and fined but the security personnel got away with it and also came online to boast about it.
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