Lady accuses 4 Rivers police officers of assault, seeks help

A Nigerian lady has raised an alarm, seeking help after allegedly being assaulted by four police officers in Rivers State.

According to her, the officers, who stopped her on the road, accused her of no wrongdoing but still subjected her to brutal treatment.

This was revealed in a lengthy video shared on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), where she narrated the heartbreaking incident and called on the Rivers State Police Command to intervene.

In the video, she explained that the encounter began when she was stopped by officers traveling in a white Hilux vehicle.

One of the officers shone a torchlight directly into her eyes, and she politely asked him to lower it as it was causing her discomfort.

However, her request allegedly triggered the officer’s anger, leading to her being beaten and injured in the ear.

In her words: “Rivers State Police, come and see what the policemen did to me. It happened tonight; there were four of them in a white Hilux. They slapped me and asked me to come down from the car. When I asked the officer to lower the torchlight flashing in my eyes, they started beating me.”

She continued: “Look at my ear; look at what they did to me. My earrings are missing. I was begging and shouting for help. It was night, so I couldn’t record them. I didn’t do anything wrong. I don’t smoke or drink, and I didn’t provoke them. I was just passing when they stopped me.”

“They claimed they wanted to search me but started slapping me instead. One of them hit my ear, and the pain is unbearable. I couldn’t even record them because they kept attacking me. I did nothing to deserve this treatment.”

As the video gained traction online, concerned individuals flooded the comment section to express outrage and demand justice for her ordeal.

See some reactions below: 

@iam__temmyyy: “It really baffles me how unprofessional majority of these policemen are.”

@Wewe_Of_Lagos: “Who else notice that we hardly see armed robbers on the road, the one we do see are armed robbers in uniform. Nigeria police needs a total reform.”

@tboss_guy: “The police men should be thoroughly investigated. We need to know why they acted in the wrong manner they did. @Princemoye1 is the police allowed under law to go physical with a Nigerian at any point?”

@lilyjoelily: “This is so sad 😞, Police is not your friend, I repeat, police is not your friend.”

@DaddyJeeHoe: “I don’t support the police but I feel her story isn’t complete.”

@EMZO_001: “Seems like a protest would be in order concerning this issue of policemen.”

@IAM_AKANDE: “Al least you could have just cramped one of their names 💔 since you couldn’t make video.”

@bolabakess: “It’s a cursed occupation here in Nigeria,the curse is always following them around and lead them to misbehave.”

@Selfmadeceleb3: “This is so sad,if you have a car you need to stop going out alone at night. Carry 2-3 other friends or people along for police sake.”

@UhunomaEtinosa: “We should really know what happened in the scene. Some questioning need to take place.”

@AmusanElijahAb1: “I think that bright boy or dull boy need to see this.

I pray their own life should not end just like End SARs because this is too much.”

@ChuksOhaxx: “She should have at least captured their plate number or even their face.. police go just dey do anyhow for this country.”

@aideinfluence: “One of the scariest time to meet rogue Police is in the night, them go just act like arm robbers.”

@OluwatobiGoldd: “All we are gonna do is tag the Nigerian police like normal. PRO will come and earn his $20 banger boy tweet.. The next day, we all move on until it happens again to someone bold enough to show evidence or alive enough to speak up. Toor.”

Video below…

https://twitter.com/dammiedammie35/status/1875787896592183317