A Nigerian woman residing in the United Kingdom, known on social media as #shakels95, has recounted a shocking ordeal in which she was arrested over a simple misunderstanding involving Nigerian slang.
The incident unfolded when she visited a pharmacy to buy medications for her husband. While speaking to him on the phone, she casually mentioned the word “drugs” instead of “medications.”
Unaware of how her words could be interpreted, the woman’s use of the term triggered a dramatic misunderstanding among those nearby.
Within moments, the police were called, and she was taken into custody.
Recalling the incident in a TikTok video, she said, “I got arrested yesterday, last night, and got detained. Now, I am going home. Story time. So, yesterday, I went to the pharmacy to get some drugs for my husband.
“Then, when I got it finish, I was on call to say, ‘Ah, I got the drugs, I got two drugs for you. So, when I get home, when you use it, you are going to be strong.’
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“Ok. Not knowing people closer to me were like, ‘drugs, drugs, drugs,’ but I wasn’t bothered ’cause I felt I didn’t do anything wrong. Before I knew it, the police came. When they came, they were like, ‘we heard there is drugs.’
“And I said what drugs? This (displaying the medications she got) was literally what I was referring to as drugs, Ibuprofen, for my husband because he wasn’t feeling well…”
Despite her attempts to explain the situation, the police refused to take her word for it.
She revealed that they detained her at the station and even searched her home in a bid to verify their claims.
“They took me to the police station. They detained me. They asked me questions…” she added.
