A team of Police of operatives have been captured in a now viral video physically assaulting a driver while confiscating his car amid Independence Day celebration in Lagos.
The squad suspected to be attached to the Lagos State Police Command had reportedly trailed and overtook the driver to Surulere area of the state.
As seen in the video shared on X on Thursday, the driver was dragged out of the vehicle with two officers dishing two rounds of slaps at him before seizing his phone with a member of the squad taking over his car.
The driver was whiskered away in an unofficial vehicle that conveyed the rest of the team.
While the cause of his arrest is largely unknown, the assault on the middle-aged man had sparked mixed reactions from netizens who slammed the officers.
While some expressed their displeasure with the onlookers for not challenging the officers, others called out the State Police Command and the Police Complaint Response Unit over the incident.
“The annoying part are people moving and looking like it’s all normal, this oppression has eaten deep into the system. My God”@jude_chiji
“Nigerian police is really a terrible organisation, most of their staff have sworn that if Nigerians do not rise against them again they won’t rest.”@Cletusz
“This is why people are always happy when they post their obituary. And all that gragra is just to extort him”@TVNDEY
“And some people are shouting independence up and down, the only thing we got independent in is from our physical chains, we’re still in bondage, Nigeria haven’t gotten independent yet”@Christopher
“Truth is thieves now label themselves as police officers cus police officers act like thieves too So no one knows who is who anymore”@tosinjones_gidi
“Abeg when last @PoliceNG_CRU been actively active on matters like this bc I just visited there TL!”@jonas_iyke
“In an unofficial vehicle??? @PoliceNG una don craze finish! Cannot distinguish thugs from your criminal looking officers. This is an embarrassment!”@justicetsunami
“I hate Nigerians,we allow these people do this to us. If the people around there come close and fight for the guy instead of watching, they won’t have pick him up.”@only1_bokko
“Even God knows I’ve never felt pity for any police before in my whole life… They don’t deserve pity, they are the most cruel set of people in Nigeria, more worse than bandits”@AbodunrinOlumi2
