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N100 Bribe: Police Officers In Trouble For Assaulting Enugu Driver

N100 Bribe: Police Officers In Trouble For Assaulting Enugu Driver
  • PublishedDecember 10, 2024

Some police operatives have been filmed assaulting a bus driver in Enugu State, South-east Nigeria.

The yet-to-be-identified driver was conveying some students of a missionary school to an undisclosed location when he was stopped at a checkpoint by the operatives.

Although, the exact date the incident happened is unclear, but a video clip showing the operatives assaulting the driver was uploaded on Sunday.

An X user, (@spoiltkid) who uploaded the video clip said the operatives beat up the driver for failing to give them a N100 bribe at the checkpoint.

β€œNigeria Police Force personnel captured on Camera brutalising driver of Christian girls in training over N100 (bribe) in Enugu,” the X user wrote.

In the four-minute clip which has now gone viral, the operatives were seen shouting at the driver while some of the passengers pleaded for calm.

β€œWhat’s the problem? You were seated and I greeted you people as I passed,” the driver said to the operatives in pidgin English, apparently trying to understand what offence he may have committed.

β€œI slowed down and waved at them.”

β€œAre you mad?” One of the operatives asked him.

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Some passengers in the vehicle expressed surprise over the action of the operatives.

β€œThese people want money,” one of the passengers said of the operatives.

β€œLet’s see your vehicle papers,” one of the operatives ordered the driver in pidgin English.

He consequently pulled out a nylon and gave his vehicle licence to the operatives.

Some of the operatives were later seen in the clip heavily kicking and hitting the driver who unsuccessfully tried to defend himself.

About three operatives subsequently dragged the assaulted driver away from the checkpoint.

β€˜Produce the officers immediately’

Reacting to the incident on his X handle, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi, condemned the incident.

Mr Adejobi, an assistant commissioner of police, asked the Enugu State Police Command to produce the officers immediately.

β€œThis is not acceptable.Enugu State Police Command, produce these men immediately for necessary action,” he ordered.

β€œNoted. Action underway already, please,” authorities of the State Police Command responded via their official X handle.

When contacted, the police spokesperson in Enugu State, Daniel Ndukwe, said the police were still on the matter.

When asked if the officers had been identified, Mr Ndukwe, a deputy superintendent of police, said he would make details of the matter public after their investigation.

β€œWe can’t give half information. Just await for our final report on that,” he said.

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