Update: Edo police officer who assaulted and shot at travellers is arrested alongside his team

 

The Edo police officer seen in a viral video assaulting civilians and shooting in their direction has been arrested alongside his entire team.  watch

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Recall that a police officer, said to have previously been attached to the disbanded SARS unit of the police force, was seen slapping a lady and assaulting the male civilians who tried to intervene

 

The police officer then corked his gun and shot close to where the civilians were standing, causing them to run for their lives.

 

Efforts by the officer's colleagues to rein him in failed and the officer continued to assault and cuss at the travellers while pointing his gun at them.

 

The officer and his colleagues have now been arrested after the video of the assault went viral.

 

They are currently detained at SCIID Edo State Police Command, human rights activist, Harrison Gwamishu, revealed.

 

 

A trigger-happy police officer was seen assaulting a woman before shooting close to civilians when confronted.

 

In a video making the rounds online, Edo State Police officers are seen with some travellers they stopped by the road side.

 

One of the officers is seen scolding a female traveller before telling her, "Enter inside my motor."

 

 

Before the woman could comply, another officer, said to have been attached to the disbanded SARS, lunged at the woman and slapped her.

 

"Officer, don't try that oh, don't try that," a male voice is heard telling the officer who slapped the woman.

 

This only angered the officer further and he cooked his gun and shot feet from the woman.

 

 

The civilians are seen running for dear life while other officers tried to get the officer who shot to calm down.

 

He refused to calm down and is seen hitting a male civilian who criticized the other officers for not reigning in the trigger-happy officer.

 

"Officer, you dey look am abi?" the male civilian asked other officers.

 

But the trigger-happy officer slapped him while asking, "you dey mad?"

 

"It's OK now," the officer's colleagues told the officer.

 

But he refused and told one of his colleagues, "Oga, leave me" while still pointing his gun menacingly at civilians and cussing at them.

 

 

Nigerians have condemned the unnecessary show of power and harassment and called for the authorities to look into the incident.

 

Activist, Harrison Gwamishu, said "The authorities aren't doing anything" about the incident.