A Nigerian soldier, Emaikwu Maxwell has been called out for threatening to snuff life out of those protesting against police brutality.

Emaikwu Maxwell was called out after he took to Facebook to threaten to kill protesters.

The post went viral with many people calling for his arrest and prosecution.

After seeing the backlash, Emaikwu Maxwell has now claimed that his account was hacked.

According to him, he didn’t make the post as he claimed unknown people used his name to make the post.