Festive seasons witness greater use of the roads. So we set out with a view to using the car for the convenience it affords when visiting different persons and places. Frequent users of roads across the Niger River are familiar with what obtains in the states and the local government council areas that have to be traversed.
Our car with an advertisement sticker on it had proper mobile advert papers collected for the purpose from the appropriate agency under the Kaduna State Government. In Ibillo LGA, some rough-looking boys in mufti stopped us and asked for papers indicating payments for the advert sticker on the car. These were not police officers; because I like to check how our system works, I asked to see the IDs which legitimised their presence on a federal road.
The boys also removed the car number plates. Then they removed their nail-studded sticks in order to block other road users and that was when we drove towards a police station. They chased our vehicle into town, blocked us, and tried to take over the car — car snatcher style. I find this act of rascality extremely baffling, considering that these boys have nothing that qualifies them to act like police officers, who legally have the powers to effect an arrest.
I once experienced the same, some years back. Travelling from Abuja to Lagos with my family in a private vehicle... It could be frustrating and exhausting, couple with the condition of our roads. I feel your pain.
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