A police officer identified as Newton Isokpehi has threatened to shoot dead anybody who records himon duty.
Mr Isokpehi, who runs a Tiktok page with the username #actor459, made the threat in a viral video on Thursday.
He said, “Any day I’m on duty as a police officer, carrying my rifle and doing my job, let somebody come and video me. That oga who gave you people the order to video us, he will go and do your burial. He will bury you. The number of you that I kill, he will be the one to bury all of you,”
He warned members of the public against approaching him with cameras while on duty.
The cop said, “I have served in the Nigeria Police Force for twenty-six years in this place where we are suffering. We suffer every single day, every time.”
Reiterating his threat, Mr Isokpehi said, “If anyone is bold enough, just bring your camera. Watch me properly, bring your camera and come anywhere I am. Come and video me. If you don’t do it right, I will clear everybody down, the whole bus, everybody around. I swear to God, if I don’t do it, let me die.”
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu, had encouraged Nigerians to record police officers to curb their highhandedness while on duty.
The Force spokesperson spokesperson, Anthony Placid, could not be reached for comments on Mr Isokpehi’s threat.
His mobile was unreachable and he had yet to reply to a text message sent by the Peoples Gazette as of the time this report was filed.