Nigerian Policemen Assault Delta State Polytechnic SUG President Over Alleged Refusal To Give N500 Bribe
According to him, the police officers stopped him and demanded N500 but when he refused, they slapped him, assaulted him.
Officers of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Ogwashi-Uku division have been caught on camera assaulting the President of the Delta State Polytechnics, Ogwashi-Uku Student Union Government (SUG).
In a video of the incident now trending, the SUG President who recorded the incident alleged that the officers slapped him, threatened to shoot him, and eventually shot at his vehicle because he refused to give them N500 bribe.
According to him, the police officers stopped him and demanded N500 but when he refused, they slapped him, assaulted him.
In the video sighted by SaharaReporters, the SUG President while recording the video approached the officers in rage over the slap, saying, “You slapped me because I refused to settle you. You will see what you have never seen in your life before.
“Ogwashi-Uku divisional police slapped me, SUG president, because I refused to settle them in my vehicle… because I refused to give him N500.”
While the officers pushed him back and ran into their operational vehicle and drove off, he ran after them, shouting, “They are running inside the bush, look at them, criminals. They are threatening to shoot me, SUG president.
“Look at you, criminals. The whole world is going to see you,” he said as a policeman stepped out of the vehicle and fired a shot in the air.”
The SUG President shouted, “They are shooting at us. They are shooting at my vehicle.”
VIDEO: Policemen Assault Delta State Polytechnic SUG President Over Alleged Refusal To Give N500 Bribe pic.twitter.com/Y1wH2dAZjZ
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When contacted for reaction, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, read a WhatsApp message sent to him but did not respond to the message.
However, in a post on his X page, the police spokesperson said the command was investigating the incident.
He however blamed the SUG President for calling the officers criminals and thieves, and concluded that he was hostile to the officers.
He said, “While we are looking into this incident, his allegations of them asking for N500 remains an allegation and we are looking into it, he said they hit him, that’s also wrong and the officer is presently detained.
“However we should not encourage the behaviour of the SUG president being so hostile at policemen deployed because of the kidnapping complaints in that area.
“He called the police “criminals and thieves” even after they had left him. This too should be discouraged.”
Source: Sahara Reporters
