A Nigerian man, Najeeb Bello Oyarese, has shared his arrest story on Twitter. He narrated how he was arrested by the DSS (Department of State Services) in a bank located on Sapele Road, Benin City, Nigeria, because he calmly waited in line for two hours while others were rushing to collect their cash.
According to him, the DSS had been monitoring two men to tender a check at the counter so they could arrest them in the act. However, when they noticed Oyarese's behavior of not being eager to collect his money after being in the bank for over two hours, they suspected and apprehended him. Bank staff whom he had known for years were shocked by the news and were wary of him. He was eventually released after his brother made a phone call to the DSS team leader. Oyarese plans to make a movie about his experience.
They had however noticed that the narrator had been in the bank for over two hours and had not been showing eagerness to take his own money, which led them to suspect and apprehend him.
Read his full narration below:
“Benin was the craziest because DSS arrested me in GTBank, Sapele Road because I entered the bank on a Friday and calmly waited for hours while others were rushing to get their money. They said my behaviour was very abnormal and unNigerian. 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
By the way, this is the worst day of my life and I plan to make a movie about it.
It started with me taking a bus from UNIBEN to Ring Road on a rainy day, and the bus parked up inside a big pool of mud at Uselu. Passengers had to come out in the rain and wade through the mud.
The day ended with me finally arriving back in Ekosodin and my neighbours came out of the hostel begging me that they had messed up big time.
What happened? They took my keys to watch movies in my room, tried to keep the key back on top of my window, but it fell into the room.
Anyway, middle of the story….when they brought those 2 criminals out, they used one handcuff to cuff them together, but immediately I got out of the bank, they used a brand new pair of silver handcuffs to cuff my hands together, as per mastermind.
It had to be a nightmare!
The worst part was the way bank staff I had known for years reacted: “Ah! Sadiq’s brother is among them? You can never really trust people O!” 🙆🏾🙆🏾♀️🙆🏾♂️
Only one came out to ask if he could call my brother. I said no. Asked him to reach into my wallet, ‘call General Zibiri’!
General Zibiri talked to the DSS team lead, and all I heard was “I’m sorry sir, Yes sir, I’m sorry sir, Yes sir”. After the call he told his men, “Let him go!”.
They uncuffed me, and I walked up to him. Asked ‘Is that all?’. He apologized, and that was when I asked him why…
He said he was observing the 2 criminals waiting for them to tender the cheque again so he could arrest, then he noticed me having entered the bank for more than 2 hours, I seemed unbothered about getting my money. I wasn’t rushing, wasn’t stressing. Very unNigerian and abnormal.”
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Benin was the craziest because DSS arrested me in GTBank, Sapele Road because I entered the bank on a Friday and calmly waited for hours while others were rushing to get their money. They said my behaviour was very abnormal and unNigerian. 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ https://t.co/xhD4uweKXA
— Nejeeb Bello Oyarese (@NejeebBello) April 20, 2023