With the story that was shared today on the Twitter handle of the Rapid Respond Squad RRS, of the Lagos State police command, it is obvious that there are still good men in the Nigeria police force.
According to the Twitter handle, @rrslagos767, when some police men on patrol were going along Funso Williams Avenue in Lagos state at about 01:15am, they met a woman stranded in her SUV with her kids. The woman's car battery was flat. The policemen then helped her to jump-start the vehicle and the woman then left the scene
However, the police men followed her behind just to make sure everything was OK. But as the woman was going, her vehicle stopped again due to insufficient fuel. The policemen got out of their vehicle and helped the woman with some fuel and escorted her to the filling station in Maryland, for her to get more fuel
The policemen then asked the woman where she was heading to, and the woman told them she was heading towards Mile 12. On realising how unsafe it could be for her to be heading towards such area at that time of the night, the policemen escorted her further until she got to somewhere reasonably safe, before they carried on with their patrol
Many people expressed different opinion with the story as shared by the police. While some praised them, others wondered the purpose for sharing such story.
@eddybirch, "So you're advertising ur civil duty & responsibility, u want medals or what, why do Nigerian institution & officials believe we should be praising them whenever they do their duty, Desmond Elliott constructed small walk over bridge & pasted a giant image of himself, 100k or less project "
@mistercleg, "You people are discharging your duty and making it feel like a favour to the citizen. What the hell is this post for, make we start to dey hail. Nawa o"
@andersonlgbum, "My wife's experience with @rrslagos767 when she ran out of fuel on her way back from Lagos business school. They got fuel for her and escorted her for most of the way. Polite and professional all the way"
@dypoSpeaking, "I don't know how true this is, but if it is, we are not asking for something more than this, this is how the police should relate with us and also justice for those who have been treated badly in the past. #EndSARS
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