Gist
Petrol Station Owner Resists Mufti Policemen Arrest In Port-Harcourt – [Video]
Some men in mufti who claimed to be officers of the Nigeria Police Force reportedly attempted to whisk away a petrol station owner in Port Harcourt.
According to Kofi Bartels, an award-winning Nigerian broadcast journalist who shared the video on Tuesday morning, August 11, the men who were in plainclothes tried to force the man into a private car they came with.
Naija News understands that the petrol station owner had argued with the self-acclaimed policemen, asking them to reveal their identity and a warrant for his arrest before he would go anywhere with them, which they refused.
“Plain clothes policemen tried to force the owner of a petrol station in Port Harcourt into a private car and whisk him away, without any cause/authorization/clearance. Have police officers now joined the kidnapping business?,” Bartels tweeted;
Watch the video below;
Plain clothes policemen tried to force the owner of a petrol station in Port Harcourt into a private car and whisk him away, without any cause/authorization/clearance. Have police officers now joined the kidnapping business?@PoliceNG_CRU @frankmbablog @PoliceNG
— Kofi Bartels (@Kofi_Bartels) August 11, 2020
Meanwhile, in an earlier report, the Osun State Police Command has sacked Inspector Ago Egharevbe who allegedly maltreated and beats a 20-year-old fashion designer, Ayomide Taiwo till he was unconscious.
Naija News Understands that the incident, which happened on Wednesday at Obokun, led to the victim been hospitalised and later died on Sunday.