Edo state police officers cuff man to moving van and dragged him along the road (photos, video)
- Nigerian police officers dehumanise man as they handcuffed him to their moving van
- The police officers cuffed the man to their van and dragged him along the road in Edo state
- A sympathiser was also brutalized after he tried to beg the officers to leave the victim alone
Some men of the Nigeria police force in Edo state have been filmed as they dehumanised an unidentified man on Sunday, May 14.
The officers cuffed the man to the door of their moving van and dragged him along the road as they drove in Sopkonba junction, Benin City.
Legit.ng came across the story after a Facebook user, Irabor Franklyn, shared the story on his page.
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According to Franklyn, the officers brutalised him and his friends after they tried to plead with them to leave the man alone.
He wrote: “I AND SO MANY OTHERS WERE BRUTALISED BY MEN OF NIGERIA POLICE FORCE ESIGE DIVISION. JUST BECAUSE WE PLEADED WITH THEM NOT TO DRAG A YOUNG MAN CHAINED TO THE BACK OF THEIR HILUX VAN ALONG THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENED ON MORNING SUNDAY MAY 15TH 2017 BETWEEN 1ST EAST CIRCULAR ROAD AND SOPKONBA ROAD JUNCTION, BENIN CITY. # PLEASE I NEED JUSTICE #.”
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Watch video below:
No matter what a civilian does, should police officers have the power to treat people with injustice?
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Source: Legit.ng
