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TRUE LIFE STORY (the full one) Saturday morning. Lagos CP Mohammed Abubakar (later IGP) wakes up at 6 a.m., jumps into his personal Jeep alone (no convoy, no siren) and drives along Herbert Macaulay Way just to inspect his men at checkpoints. Constable flags him down: “Good morning, young man. Where are you going in your father’s Jeep?” CP: “My name is Mohammed.” Constable: “Show your ID.” CP (deadpan): “You first.” Constable has no ID. Calls the Sergeant. Sergeant also has no ID. They both decide this “stubborn young man” needs to be taken to the station. They escort the actual Commissioner of Police to Yaba (Panti) station. Only free parking is the DPO’s reserved spot. CP parks there. Constable screams: “You cannot park in DPO’s space ooo!” Inside, an ASP in shorts orders him into an office. CP refuses: “You’re not even in uniform.” ASP pushes him. CP pushes back. Scuffle starts. An elderly man quietly checks the big framed photo on the DPO’s wall… then freezes. Next thing: • ASP in shorts jumps out the window and vanishes • Sergeant’s face just drops, soul left the building • Total pandemonium Area Commander calls the still-calm CP minutes later: “Sir… the DPO, the ASP, the Sergeant, the constable… they’re already in the cell waiting for your orders.” The DPO himself had to abscond the moment he heard who they just “arrested.” That is the full, unfiltered true story. Even the Commissioner of Police Lagos once got the full “young man, your father’s car” treatment from his own boys. Nigeria Police Force: where rank means nothing until someone finally looks at the wall photo.