You Have No Right To Retaliate When A Police In Uniform Slaps You- PRO
No Nigerian has the right to confront police officers or respond in like, even if the policeman smacks the person, according to CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the police force’s public relations officer.
The Force PRO encouraged any victim of police brutality to contact the police department instead of speaking out on social media.
He was responding to a viral video on his phone of a man dragging a weapon while arguing angrily with a police officer and what appeared to be suspected molestation.
Adejobi further stated that if a person assaults police personnel in uniform, it would be seen as ‘an act of disrespect to Nigeria.’
His words, “Even if a policeman in uniform slaps a civilian, the civilian has no right to retaliate. More so, if he’s in uniform, it’s an act of disrespect to Nigeria to beat an officer in uniform.
“The disrespect is not to the policeman but our nation and it’s a crime as enshrined in our criminal laws
“So, it’s not a case of what the policeman did that led to it, but the reaction of the civilians who actually assaulted the police.
“If police assault a civilian, you report and actions will be taken to rebuke him, not to take the law into your hands.” (sic)
“Let alone, it’s a matter of checking phones, which can be easily reported and addressed. Now they are kept in our 5-star hotel in Lagos and will be in court on Monday.
“Are you going to visit them or send them food, or appear in court to defend them? Don’t support what is bad, ok”
