ATTACKING AN OFFICER IS AN INSULT TO THE COUNTRY: CSP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI
Rather than fighting uniformed policemen, The Police Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said that no matter the provocation, victims of police brutality should rather file complaints.
He was reacting to a viral video of a man dragging a rifle with a policeman during a heated argument and suspicious molestation over his phone.
Speaking through his Twitter account, the Force PRO advised any such victim of Police brutality to rather file a complaint with the law enforcement agency. Adejobi further stated that if a person assaults police personnel in uniform, it would be seen as ‘an act of disrespect to Nigeria.’
He said: “Even if a policeman in uniform slaps a civilian, the civilian has no right to retaliate. More so, if he’s in the uniform, it’s an act of disrespect to Nigeria to beat an officer in the uniform.
“The disrespect is not to the policeman but to our nation, and it’s a crime as enshrined in our criminal law, so, it’s not a case of what the policeman did that led to it, but the reaction of the civilians who actually assaulted the police.
“If police assault a civilian, you report and actions will be taken to rebuke him, not to take the law into your hands. He said.
