The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has reacted to the video of a police officer slapping and flogging a man in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
In the video making the rounds online, a police officer is seen flogging the unidentified man with a big stick and later slapping him severally on the cheek while his colleague faced the lady that accompanied the man.
In a post shared on Twitter, Adejobi condemned the act, describing the assault as unethical irrespective of whatever the man has done.
He further stated that the man does not deserve to be beaten ‘like a baby’, adding he has asked the Rivers State Police Command to fish out the perpetrators.
He wrote: “Quite unfortunate. I have asked the Rivers State Command to fish them out. This is unpolice, unethical, and condemned. Whatever the man must have done, he doesn’t deserve this beating. Beating him like a baby?? A grown-up man?. We will surely get the men.”
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