The Nigeria police has confirmed the arrest of a police officer who was caught in a viral video assaulting a man in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, with two of his colleagues.
All three officers have been detained by the Nigerian Police Command.
A video that went viral over the weekend showed one of the police officers flogging the man along the Port Harcourt East-West Road, Emouha Junction.
In a swift reaction, the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi condemned the action of the officer and ordered the Port Harcourt command to ensure he is arrested.
In an update shared on his handle on Monday evening, April 10, Adejobi said the officers involved in the act have been arrested and will be transferred to the force headquarters today.
“These men have been arrested, and their commander will personally bring to the Force Headquarters tomorrow Tuesday(today) for further actions. They are 3 in number, attached to RRS, Rivers State. Their action does not portray the police in a good light at all.
It is still to buttress my point that whatever a policeman does is personal, not systemic. I wonder how a man, a reasonable man, would be flogging or slapping a grown-up man in that manner. So barbaric and unpolice.”
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