- Safiu Kehinde
A Nigerian Police officer has on Wednesday stirred panic along Ikire-Ibadan highway in Osun state after firing shots in the air to threaten officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) who stopped his car.
The drama, captured in a now viral video on X, showed moment the yet-to-be officer was pulled over by the FRSC officials.
Amid their conversation, the officer returned back to his car only to bring out his rifle, cocked it and fired in the air in front of FRSC officials.
While this left pedestrians scampering for safety with some captured docking, the FRSC officials however appeared calm as they stood their ground despite the threat by the officer.
The incident had sparked mixed reactions from netizens as some slammed the police officer for his excessive action while others faulted both the officer and the FRSC officials.
“@PoliceNG @PoliceNG_CRU when some of your senseless officers refused to obey road safety rules. Is this what they resulted to? Firing to the air when there is no any form of threat🤷🏿♀️Some of unah officers life don spoil. They don’t even know when to raise their guns talkless of shooting. Very unprofessional senseless officers everywhere.”@AshShakurO_
“That’s their business
Both forces are not good people”@Keenn_eth
“Why are we blaming Road Safety on this, they allow Uniform men drive through without drivers license and vehicle license or not wearing seatbelt you people will blame them, let the so called police men be arrested and fined, he is not above the law. Thumbs up to the fearless Frsc.”@micflo4
“@PoliceNG @PoliceNG_CRU were your personnel not put through on the ROE? What necessitated that shot? Are your personnel allowed to carry riffles home or in their private vehicles on mufti? This officer needs to be fished out and sanctioned in accordance to the CoC.”@SarautaMaryam
“Acts like this makes you wonder what kind of country will have carved for ourselves ! Everybody seems to be a law unto themselves. No regards for professionalism, public safety & decorum. That unknown policeman clearly has breached every known codes of the police force. Shane!”@angels2mike
“If na road safety person no conduct himself well in police check point, will police allow him go? So full of themselves.”@odolinus