Policemen in Akure brutalise a boy who questioned why a MOPOL jumped ATM queue

Policemen in Akure
brutalise a boy who questioned
why a MOPOL jumped ATM queue
Author: Ngwee Linus
- Suspected policemen have brutalised a
man in Akure, Ondo state capital
- The young man was beaten because he
questioned a police officer for jumping an
ATM queue
An unidentified man was brutalised on
Friday, August 1, by a policeman and
his accomplices in Akure, the capital of
Ondo state for questioning the officer
who jumped an ATM queue.
In the video which was posted by
Instablog9ja, the man was beaten and
dragged away by a uniformed mobile
policeman and other men suspected to
be his colleagues, not in uniform.
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The accompanying words to the video
read: "A fight just happened in akure,
ATM stand. The mobile police couldn't
wait so he wanted to chance the man at
the ATM stand.
"So the young man didnt allow him. It
turned to a serious argument that the
mobile police had to slap him and the
young man wanted to fight back.
"In few seconds, some other men came
(not in uniform) and helped him in
fighting the man back.
A trader there could be heard lamenting
her wares which was probably closed to
the scene of the fight," it read.
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A gunshot was released by an identified
person before the young man was led
away by the police.
NAIJ.com however could not
independently verify the video as at the
time of filling this report.
NAIJ.com had reported that a young lady
took to social media to recount how she
was almost crushed to death because of
a policeman, somewhere in Ibadan, Oyo
state.
The slogan 'police is your friend' does
not exactly read true in this case, as a
young lady was almost killed due to
police harassment.
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