An investigation has been ordered into a viral video in which a police officer was captured struggling with an Uber driver.
Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, announced the commencement of the investigation in a social media post.
In the video, the yet-to-be identified police officer appeared to be strangling the Uber driver while the vehicle was in motion.
The viral video shared by a lady on Snapchat identified as Light Orji, had a caption saying
“Had the most traumatic experience today, literally had to jump off the vehicle. Stupid police man was strangling my Uber guy while he was driving on full speed”
An X user, #Omolomo_o quoted the video saying,
“In case you see this please you only have one duty, tag #Princemoye1 #PoliceNG and #PoliceNG_CRU Let them see how an officer of the law is strangling a driver in motion.”
The police officer reportedly said that “he was ordered to take the Uber driver to the office, but the Uber driver began to drive him somewhere else. He said when he asked the driver to stop, he said no.”
Reacting to the video, Adejobi, directed the Police Complaint Unit to investigate the matter.
“Where is this again? Can we have more information about it? Thanks. #PoliceNG, #PoliceNG_CRU, take up this and investigate, please. Thanks,” he wrote.
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