Lady Who Begged Police on WhatsApp to Urgently Arrest Her Boyfriend for Weeks Finally Gets Response

Lady Who Begged Police on WhatsApp to Urgently Arrest Her Boyfriend for Weeks Finally Gets Response

A Nigerian lady who sent a message to the police on WhatsApp, pleading for the arrest of her boyfriend so he could “change,” has finally received a response from the police force.

A screenshot of the WhatsApp chat, which quickly circulated on X showed the unidentified lady appealing to the police to detain her boyfriend “for weeks or months, In her message.

she wrote:

Good evening sir. Please, I want you to arrest my boyfriend and lock him up in cell for weeks or months. Have a serious case with him so he can change.

Her unusual request triggered a wave of reactions online, with many Nigerians sharing humorous takes while others expressed concern about the growing trend of people turning to law enforcement for personal disputes.

Reacting to the viral message, the public relations officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Benjamin Hundeyin, clarified that the police could not act on such a request without legal grounds.

Hundeyin reminded Nigerians that the police are bound by law and cannot intervene in private relationship matters without a legitimate complaint or evidence of a crime.

In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), Hundeyin wrote:

We are law-abiding, please. 🙄 We do not lock people up without legal basis.

His response drew applause from some users who commended the police for upholding due process, while others jokingly asked if the lady’s boyfriend should be “grateful” for escaping what they called “love arrest.