Nigeria, Nov. 16 -- The police spokesperson in Akwa Ibom State, Timfon John, stated that she received over 3,000 phone calls on a single day, 4 August, after publishing her phone number on X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook.

The callers were mostly men, most of whom wanted to profess their love for her, she said.

"100 calls in 10 mins?" Ms John, a deputy superintendent of police, wrote on X about an hour after publishing the phone number. "Abeg, make una try breathe."

She sounded exasperated.

"Sir, calls wan wound me," she stated, while responding to a tweet from her Delta State counterpart, Bright Edafe, who told her that she would not be able to "breathe" because of the numerous calls.

"If na me, nobody go call. Chai," Benjamin Hund...