The Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi has reacted to viral video of some policemen running away after they were resisted from making an arrest.
The Police Public Relations Officer reacted after an X user shared the video on his page;
The X user stated that;
“The policemen were about to abduct this man for extortion but when citizens came together and raised an alarm, they abandoned him and ran away. This is an evidence that police brutality can stop if citizens stand together”.
However, after watching the video, Muyiwa Adejobi stated that the policemen were on official duty. He said they are IRT operatives investigating the killing of a policeman at the Benin airport. He said the man who resisted the arrest will still be arrested because he’s a murder suspect.
Here is what he wrote on his page;
“The policemen here were on official duty. They are IRT operatives who are investigating the killing of our policeman at the Benin airport in July. We have secured a warrant of arrest on him. The men eventually left him when the place became rowdy. He’s a murder suspect, and he will still be arrested. It’s even better that he turns in to clear the allegations levelled against him bc he will still be arrested. It’s a matter of time. So the men were on lawful duty and were justified to arrest him”.