The Guardian (Nigeria)

With Justin Akpovi- Esade

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Verydarkbl­ackman Leaves

Police Cell And Other Matters

AST week, T4T told you that an online social commentato­r who goes by the name, VeryDarkbl­ackman was in police detention in Abuja. He also told you that as at press time, nobody outside the police authoritie­s and perhaps the arrested person knew the reason why he was still being a ‘ special guest’ of the ‘ men in black'.

The tall and very dark young man ( his moniker fits him perfectly) was eventually released on Easter Sunday after over a week in detention. T4T, last week, could only speculate that the reason he was arrested could be the allegation he made against the top guns of the police regarding Cross Dresser , Bobrisky. He said what hesaid on video, so, go and dig it out, nor be T4T go tell you.

Now, the other matter( s) arising is this. What kind of criminal offence did the VerydarkBl­ackman commit that warranted the police to keep him in custody ( without a court order) for more than a week without taking him to court, only for them to release him on a Sunday? Thought the same police always tell us ‘ illiterate’ Nigerians that they don't grant bail on a Sunday and that is why most ‘ wicked' arrests are made on Friday evening so that the person can stay all weekend in police detention be

Lcause they claim they want to take him to court on Monday? If you want to take someone to court on Monday, what stops you from granting him bail that Friday evening or Saturday morning so that he can come on Monday for you to take him to court since it is an alleged offence one can get bail for?

Again, T4T is asking, what offence did the VeryDarkbl­ackman commit that made him spend those long days in custody without a court appearance? T4T thought the era of this kind of rough riding over the civil rights of Nigerians was over after the unfortunat­e # ENDSARS riots?

Anyway, it will only take long for someone who stammers to pronounce his father's name, but he will surely achieve the feat. The world will one day know what the VerydarkBl­ackman did that made the police to lock him up in a dark cell for days.

Pretty Policewoma­n With

Beautiful Heart

URING her days as Police Public Relations Officer for Zone 2 and Lagos State Commands, CSP Dolapo Badmos Opeyemi, turned heads and made people, especially the male sex, to fantasize. She is an embodiment of beauty and brains. And just recently, she showed that she also has a beautiful heart to go with her other features.

The female cop has offered to feed an elderly

Dcouple for one year after a video surfaced online showing the aged couple feuding and even going physical over food and upkeep money. T4T'S heart actually melted when he saw the video.

The elderly woman in the video was heard demanding money from her husband for food in the video. “Give me money to eat. I am hungry. Did you buy any land for me? Look at me, I built a shop there, it was destroyed. Give me money. I‘ m hungry. Give me money. That is your wallet, bring it out,” she spoke in Yoruba.

Reacting to the video, the female cop wrote on her Social Media account: “I saw this video on Facebook, and I took my time to watch it keenly. After identifyin­g the fact that this is not a skit or acting in any form, I couldn’t stop crying. These people are so elderly. They should be in the nonagenari­an category. It breaks my heart to see them fighting over feeding! Just feeding? It’s believed that at this age, their children should be around them. Where are they? Anyways, the children’s whereabout­s are not of concern here. My concern is that, please, I need anyone to help me locate them, or my representa­tive will visit them. They surely need help. I want to feed them from my salary for one year. God help me. Anyone with useful informatio­n should please assist us in finding them… please I beg. My heart aches and won’t rest until I find them, please.”

Dear Oga madam of Police, you are a police officer, finding this couple should not be a problem for you unless you want to tell us that the guys in your cyber unit are not up and doing. Kindergart­en police work should tell anybody to trace the original source of the video and contact the person via DM. You will get to whoever made the video eventually.

That said, T4T wants to thank you for your gesture, if to say T4T na big oga of police like you, im for do the same, but who im be?

That Twisted FIRS Easter Message MESSAGE purportedl­y from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, during the last Easter celebratio­ns for Christians worldwide could best be described as insensitiv­e and can only come from a twisted mind.

In an attempt to use the Easter period to sensitise Nigerians on the importance of paying their taxes, the person( s) in the public affairs department or whatever department in charge of dealing with the public, decided to deploy an online campaign which read: “Jesus only paid your debts, He did not pay your taxes." As creative as the message was ( is), a material like that in a multi religious society like Nigeria is not only insensitiv­e but stupid.

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