The video circulating online depicts a tense situation involving a policeman and a cabbie, where the officer is seen wrestling for control of the steering wheel with the cabbie driving at full speed.
The footage, shared by Light Orji on Snapchat, captures the officer holding the cabbie by the neck, indicating an attempt to prevent him from escaping.
The specific details of where and why this incident occurred remain unclear from the video. However, Orji mentioned in her post that she had to jump off the moving vehicle after her repeated pleas for the policeman to release the cabbie went unheeded.
The video by Light Orji was accompanied with the caption; “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.”
Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Police Force, Prince Olumuyiwa, has reacted to the video. In a post shared on X, he asked the police complaint response unit to launch an investigation.
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See reactions below;
brendanukagod__: Like I always say the police is a conglomerate of cr! min@ls with a few good guys. Police is your friend! This is how police handle their friends, LoL.
bonaventure_lighting: Some of nigeria police no go school. Travel abroad u see how police behave, very friendly.
kelvin_kertz: In a sane country, a police man wouldn’t involve himself in such and the driver wouldn’t attempt such because they both know the consequences. Both are wrong here.
djmagicbeatz: Police is not our friend.
winniedcapell: This was exactly how they killed a pregnant woman with her 2 children that were going to school with a Keke driver sometime last year in Ago. They don’t learn at all 😢😢.
@AssumptaOluikpe: And someone will still come and say that police is your friend… Eni Kure.
_bigrexxie_: Everybody go dey talk I have the best dad so who con get all this kind papa?