Stop arresting young Nigerian men, calling them ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ boys’ – Zonal PPRO writes open letter to SARS
naija.ng Jun 1, 2018 10:04 AM
– A zonal police public relation officer, Dolapo Badmus, has written an open letter to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in defence of young Nigerian men

– Badmus said that the security agency should refrain from the rampant unlawful arrest of young men in the country on the ground that the are fraudsters

– She said that most times this wrong act is carried out by some ‘bad eggs’ in the force

Dolapo Badmus, a zonal police public relations officer (PRO) on Thursday, May 31, in an open letter to Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) urged the security agency to refrain from the unlawful arrest of young Nigerian men on the ground that they are fraudsters popularly (known as “Yahoo yahoo boys”), YabaLeft reports.

Read Badmus’ letter to the SARS bellow:

“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.”