Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, has written an
open letter to SARS asking the bad eggs in the police unit to stop
harassing and arresting well dressed young men walking on the street
with claims that they are ”Yahoo Yahoo boys”.
She also made a case for some upcoming stars who prefer braiding to
barbing their hair saying “that some young upcoming stars believe that
weaving, plaiting and designing their hairs rastafarianly is another way
to be accepted as an entertainer.”
Read her open letter below:
OPEN LETTER TO SARS OPERATIVES.
Bad eggs within the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), please be
informed that not all good looking young men out there are “yahoo
yahoo” boys, a lot of them are young Nigerians “hustling” up and down
to make ends meet.
Kindly note that some young upcoming stars believe that weaving,
plaiting and designing their hairs rastafarianly is another way to be
accepted as an entertainer (even though most times it doesn’t appeal
to me). Some couple of days ago, I saw the son of a high ranking
officer with a dreadlock hair style, does that Indicate that he’s a
fraudster?! Hell “No”, that young man is well trained and brought up,
he’s just shooting his shot in the entertainment world. It will therefore
be highly unfair for any security agent to arrest him under the guise of
being a yahoo boy.
Dear colleagues in SARS, can we do more in combating violent crimes?!
Can we take a clue from the IGP’s Intelligence Response Team whose
main aim has been to rid the nation of criminal elements? This team
has done a lot to protect our nation, they always sacrifice their comfort
and sleep ! By so doing they’ve been able to abort violent crimes such
as kidnapping, armed robberies etc. They have not only rescued
victims but made arrests (Evans, Offa robbery etc).
Dear SARS we appreciate the ones among you doing what is right while
we advise the bad eggs to take a clue from IRT team and stop causing
pains to legit young men and their families. Please note that it is not
right to accost anyone on the road and start checking his or her phone,
respect people’s privacy and rights!…THANK YOU. God bless Federal
Republic of Nigeria, God bless Nigeria Police Force.”
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