PHYSINEWS REPORTS:A
lawyer has narrated a horrific encounter she had with another road
user. The lady, simply known as @thefitlawyerr on twitter, said she was
assaulted at link bridge by a driver who scratched her car.
She said the Police interfered in the matter and and told the driver to go, blaming her. According
to the lady, she is an international law student and she said Nigeria
is not an ant, not to talk of being the giant of Africa, compared to
other African countries.  Read her story below. 
“I
got assaulted at link Bridge the man came to my car, a woman saw and
videod, the chap is lying, at the police station Twitter do your work.
“He slapped me, and I said swear on your life you didn’t. He said I’m a Christian I don’t swear.
“Everyone
around me is a man and they aren’t trying to tell me to let God. You
guys this country is doomed. Women we are not safe!“So here’s what
happened. He scratches me, standard Lagos stuff, I keep my window up
because tbh I have places to be, he comes down I can’t hear what his
saying, so I wind down, he is saying what’s wrong with you are you mad,
back and forth, next thing he hits/slaps me in the face.
“I am
confused and furious, so I open my car door into him , go past, straight
to his car and grab his phone – I need something to hold so he can’t
leave. I have been hit, he must not get away.
“He gets into a
fight with me for the phone, in the process:“I go back for his wallet,
because in Lagos we are outnumbered. Women are outnumbered when things
like this happen people beg and then gang up against you. I needed
leverage, we were going to the police station and I was going to press
charges.
“He tried to fight me for the wallet too but I managed
to get back in my car, locked up.I needed his wallet to find out who his
was. To make sure he couldn’t get away with, because as per usual
people had gathered and were begging.
“Link Bridge Police joined-
They told the guy to go – as I predicted they would. He said he
couldn’t go I have his wallet – you see this was key to stalling him
till police I had called arrived. They called me all sorts of names
whilst I waited in my car for police to come“Whilst waiting his boss
owner of the car came, he was like so what do you want ? , no apology
nothing. Wound up my window again, later he was like you didn’t consider
my age, what if he is your brother. Do you see how doomed we are?
“Finally
police come we get to the station, the woman in charge goes ahh this is
a minor issue now. Just small car scratch.. my legs and hands are
shaking I’m about to break down because over and over again it has been
come clear that we are not safe.
“Eventually, calls are made, the
DPO is like do want charges pressed then this bastard starts to beg. He
has a wife and two sons. The guts! Having approached my car and slapped
me and called me a harlot.“Now everyone is begging. That he has
nothing. It took me threee hours to get this ass hole to admit hitting
me first. It took making bleeping calls to get the police to take it
seriously. Nigeria is bleeping doomed, women are not safe and every
establishment is controlled by men.
“I am hurt, I am angry, I am
in disbelief and really I cannot wait to up and leave. Because you no
what guys I have lived in many different African countries, Nigeria is
not a giant, it’s not even an ant. No institutions work and half of the
citizens – women are not valued.
“I came to Nigeria to do law
school for 18 months. Even though my family home is another African
country I thought it’d be good to come home after 14 years of living in
many places on the continent but just not ‘home.’ I was excited but
Nigeria has beat me up over and over again”.
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