The authorities in Rivers StateSouth-south Nigeria, state they would examine some officers who apparently attacked a visitor in the state.
Attack
A human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, had actually petitioned the Nigerian Police Force through his X manage (previously Twitter) on Friday over supposed attack of a visitor by some unknown policeman in the state.
Mr Gwamnishu stated the tourist, merely determined as Jennifer, was supposedly beaten by the officers who were on a stop-and- search operation around Ada George, Port Harcourt, on Thursday.
The activist published a video of the event.
“Please examine this and call these males to purchase. Thank you,” he attracted the cops authorities in Nigeria.
Video
In the one minute, 3 seconds clip, which has actually now gone viral, a female is heard screaming at some armed officers along a highway, implicating them of causing injury on her sis.
“This is the Nigerian Police. Take a look at my sibling's mouth,” she chewed out the officers.
The clip revealed a minimum of 4 armed officers at the scene of the occurrence.
“Policemen provide my sibling beta injury and you are here making a video of me. After offering my sis an injury. Did you see anything in my sibling's bag? Never ever,” she stated.
The sis, comprehended to be Jennifer, was bleeding on her lips. She was seen inside a Toyota Corolla automobile having a hard time to tidy herself up.
The clip did disappoint when the officers presumably caused the injury on her.
2 unknown individuals, thought to be co-travellers, were seen going over with a few of the officers.
Cops respond
Reacting, the authorities in Rivers State, through their main X manage on Saturday, stated their attention had actually been drawn to the viral clip of the officers implicated of attacking the woman.
… The command wants to notify the public that all hands are on deck to determine the policeman in the trending video for appropriate examination,” the cops composed on the microblogging website.
Not the very first time
The most recent event happened about 5 months after a policeman, recorded slapping a vehicle driver in Emouha, Rivers State, was benched
The Emouha occurrence happened a couple of days after Ubi Ebri, another officer, apparently shot dead a boy in the neighbouring Delta State for supposedly declining to provide N100 kickback.
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PREMIUM TIMES reported how youths in Delta State opposed with the victim's remains along significant roadways in Asaba.
Mr Ebri, the officer, was right away detained, dismissed from service and later on arraigned
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