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A Twitter user, Dolapo, recounts his troubling encounter with Nigerian police after arriving in the country. The altercation escalated when officers became aggressive, but the situation changed when military personnel intervened. Dolapo’s post highlights the challenges of interacting with police and the intervention that defused the situation.

A Twitter user named Dolapo shared a troubling experience he had with Nigerian police after his recent arrival in the country. Dolapo, who typically travels with a security detail and often wears camouflage, decided to go out alone for the night. After attending a rave, he made his way to another spot when his cab pulled over. A police officer approached, holding his weapon high. When Dolapo asked the officer to lower the weapon for a civil conversation, the situation escalated as the officer became aggressive, pushing him. Dolapo instinctively defended himself, quickly shoving the weapon aside.

As the confrontation intensified, two more officers arrived, and one even fired a shot in an attempt to intimidate Dolapo. A physical altercation broke out, and Dolapo was pepper-sprayed by the officers. He resisted identifying himself, but the officers, possibly assuming he could be intimidated by their authority, threatened to take him to the station. However, the dynamic shifted when four individuals—three in military uniforms and one in civilian clothing—arrived at the scene. Upon learning Dolapo's identity, the tone of the officers changed, and they suddenly became cooperative, eager to listen to his side of the story.