
“I just drove by a man being beaten by police. He was a bus driver. He’d been pulled from his bus, pinned to the ground, and beaten with sticks in front of his passengers. It’s not uncommon. He probably refused to pay their bribe. I see it two or three times a month. Sometimes it’s fists. Sometimes it’s sticks. Sometimes it’s whips. You can try to take a photo but it’s dangerous. Because then they can turn on you. So you just keep driving. It makes me sick because I work as a driver, and I know that one day it might happen to me. I never drive through yellow lights. It’s too dangerous. Sometimes they’ll even force you into a violation. They’ll purposely direct you the wrong way down a ‘one way’ street. If that happens, you don’t argue. You don’t try to defend yourself. You will lose no matter what. You just start begging.”
(Lagos, Nigeria)
Published on September 29, 2018 09:43