OMG! Police refuse saving dying man because “his blood will stain our new patrol car”

Aida: "Don't get into an accident near any of these vehicles." — Aida: “Don’t get into an accident near any of these vehicles.”

We thought Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State gave the police new vehicles to protect the lives and property of Lagos residents.

The police may have given us a genuine reason to rethink.

Ilsa Aida and her brother were on Third Mainland Bridge, on Tuesday, when the following happened:

“In the last 1 hour, I have cried more than I have in ages,” Aida shared on Facebook after the incident.

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This unnamed official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) did his job. He stopped to help. He's a hero. — This unnamed official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) did his job. He stopped to help. He’s a hero.

“My baby brother and I were on our way to Redemption Camp for the Holy Ghost Service when we encountered a bit of traffic on the 3rd Mainland Bridge. I thought it strange considering the time but hey…We then happened upon a man who we thought was dead in the middle of the road but as our car drove by, I noticed he was still breathing.

“We stopped immediately. Another vehicle stopped too. There was no question about lifting the guy because we would have ended up in prison and charged with hit and run.

“My brother trekked on the bridge to try to find an ambulance while myself and the other guy that stopped called the contact numbers of the police. At this time, I was directing the traffic on 3rd Mainland Bridge away from the body of the guy in the middle of the road till he was moved to the pavement.

A top police official allegedly told the policeman in this new vehicle not drive the dying man in the car.

“Four military men passed on okadas (motorbikes) and said “Eeeyah” and moved on. The police passed by with sirens and shook their heads. They didn’t stop.

“A LASTMA official on a bike stopped. He didn’t have a vehicle so he called his bosses who told him “they” were not coming. I was stunned.

“Then came a policeman with the new vehicles given by Ambode and he called his bosses who instructed him not to carry the guy in the “new” car. It wasn’t to be stained with blood.

“I broke down in tears at this point.

“The reality was that the new police car was worth more than the Nigerian life. This was my Nigeria. This was my Lagos.

The man in this ambulance said he won't drive the injured man to hospital without police escort. — The man in this ambulance said he won’t drive the injured man to hospital without police escort.

“We eventually stopped the ambulance of the Gbagada General Hospital and the driver agreed to carry the man, ONLY if the police escorted him.

“So I understand the following:

I cannot help a citizen who is injured because I will end up in prison first while they determine that I am not responsible.
The Uniform is a joke in Nigeria. It has no respect for the Nigerian life if you do not have money.
The new vehicles are better than the Nigerian life. Don’t have an accident near one.
I need to relocate to New Zealand.”

Aida, her brother, and everyone who ensured the dying man was taken to hospital are heroes. We don’t know what to call the police and military officers who failed to do their job. Cowards? Wicked? Evil? We don’t know..