- Safiu Kehinde
The Osun State Police Command has reacted over a viral video of officer captured threatening to shoot Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officials after being pulled over along the Ikire-Ibadan highway at Gbongan area of the state.
NPO Reported that the officer had confronted the FRSC officials for being stopped.
Amid their conversation, he returned back to his car only to bring out his rifle, cocked it and fired warning shot in the air in front of FRSC officials.
While this had left pedestrians scampering for safety with some captured docking, the FRSC officials however maintained their composure as they stood their ground despite the threat by the officer.
Reacting to the video in a telephone conversation with NPO Reports correspondent, the Osun Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, confirmed the incident.
Ojelabi however disclosed that the officer is not attached to the command.
The Police spokesperson held that the officer was on transit to Lagos.
This, according to him, was also confirmed by the FRSC officials who were reached out to by the command for information.
Ojelabi however disclosed that the video has forwarded to the Ondo and Oyo Police Commands where he suggested the officer might be attached to.
“We’ve done proper scrutiny of the video That officer is not serving command. It has been identified that he was on transit going to Lagos.
“He is not an officer of the Osun State Police Command. We’ve communicated with the road safety officers that were there and they testified to the fact.
“I’ve sent the video to my colleagues in Ondo and Ibadan because those are areas, we think he might be coming from. We’ve communicated with them to see if they can identify him.” He said.