A man is arrested by the police for looting on the fourth day of a nationwide strike against the removal of the petrol subsidy in Lagos January 12, 2012. Tens of thousands of Nigerians have been protesting up and down Africa's most populous nation for four straight days in protest against the axing of the petrol subsidy, which more than doubled the price to around 150 naira ($0.93) per litre. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ENERGY)

A man identified as @stalexx on twitter has recounted how police came to his house to arrest his friend because the neighbors complained about his generator.

According to stalexx, the police came to his house, arrested his friend and questions what he does for a living.

He wrote,

“So yesterday police SARS came to my house, arrested my friend and took away all my home appliances with the reason that neighborhood reported to them that I put on my generator daily so they want to know what I’m doing for a living..”

This revelation has however stirred up reactions online, has many Nigerians have taken to the comment section to address the matter.

A Twitter user, Flowki_way wrote,

“Omo see problem oo…Light una no gree give us, person use gen now another problem…smh them suppose throw bomb for that useless neighborhood.”

official_linny_ wrote , “The height of stupidity in Nigeria is becoming appalling”

Another Twitter user stated that Nigerians find it difficult to mind their business.

Sirleon16 wrote,

“Many Nigerians will not survive in a place where everyone minds their business”

See screenshot of his tweet below,

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