I'm always wary of giving lift to security agents since I read a post about a policeman who deliberately left a pistol under the seat to implicate the driver at the next check point. Luckily for the suspicious driver, he found and discarded the pistol after the policeman had gotten off before the next check point.
When they couldn't find the gun after an intensive search, he overheard one of them asking in a phone call whether the person was sure he left the pistol in the car.
True or false, this story made me stop giving lift to security agents while travelling. I always had a ready answer that I was only going to the next village.
Sometimes, it's their friends or relations they want you to offer lift. You find them standing with their luggage at check points. And some of the security agents try to intimidate you into complying. They first ask you to open your boot or produce your particulars. Then they ask where you're headed to. Then they ask you to assist their friend or colleague and drop him off where you're going or passing through.
One day I was going to Abuja from Gombe, I came upon a check point just outside Gombe, close to the Airport. They flagged me down and asked where I was going. I was prepared for them as I had seen a guy lurking behind their hut with his bag. So I said I was going to the Airport. He looked hard at me, but I kept my face completely expressionless and stared right back at him. Not believing me, he told me to come down and open my boot. When he saw my bags, he said but the plane had just left. I said I knew the plane had left but I was going to the Airport just the same, any law against that? There was nothing he could do, so he let me go.
But come to think of it, why are Nigerian security agents fond of asking for lift? Isn't it even dangerous for them in some parts of the country?