Adejobi made this statement in response to a number of comments made after a video surfaced on Saturday showing two men grabbing a police officer’s rifle.
“Even if a police officer in uniform strikes a bystander, the bystander has no right to respond in kind. Especially if he is in uniform. To beat an officer in uniform is to disrespect Nigeria, Adejobi stated in a brief Twitter thread.
See his tweet here ;
Even if a policeman on uniform slaps a civilian, the civilian has no right to retaliate more so if hes on uniform, its an act of disrespect to Nigeria, to beat an officer on uniform, the disrespect is not to the policeman but to our nation and its a crime as enshrined in https://t.co/csNA8rZLJU
— Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi (@Princemoye1) September 17, 2022
“The disrespect is not to the policeman but to our nation and its a crime as enshrined in our criminal laws. 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. Let alone it’s a matter of checking of phones, which can be easily reported and addressed. Now they are kept in our 5-n Lagos and will be in court on Monday. Are you going to visit them or send them food, or appear in court to defend them?”
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