Nigerians have said that Abayomi Shogunle, the Head of Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit, is trying to justify police brutality by posting a video of a Ghanaian policeman beating a nursing mother in a banking hall.
Shogunle, in his tweet, called out those criticising Special Anti Robbery Squad, saying “people can see real police brutality.”
The viral video had circulated all day on Friday showing a Ghanaian policeman battering a nursing mother in a banking hall.
Most people have condemned the action of the police officer.
Mr. Shogunle, who is an Assistant Commissioner of Police, tweeted the video and captioned it; “WE (@PoliceNG) WILL NEVER DO THIS IN NIGERIA! A Ghanaian policeman beating a nursing mother in Rambo-style inside a banking hall in Accra today. Hope #EndSARS people can see the real police brutality.”
Nigerians on Twitter have been reacting to Shogunle’s statement, which they interpreted as a justification for police brutality.
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See Shogunle’s tweet and the ensuing reactions:
Yomi, are you justifying SARS brutality in Nigeria or what? This is a very new low from you. SARS need reform, @PoliceNG need reorientation. I am a Police Barrack brought up and I know Nigeria Police brutality. We insist on #EndSARS
— Jackson Ude (@jacksonpbn) July 20, 2018
Your uneducated officer did that in Ibadan.. Is on media. Check it out and stop fooling yourself😐 Radarada😏
— Femi_King👑 and 102 (@femi_manager02) July 20, 2018
You are pathetic. Why compare evils? I know if you were the spokesman in Ghana, you would have defended this too
— Kingsley Okoyefi Okekearu (@streekingstreet) July 20, 2018
Seriously can this fellow @YomiShogunle quit embarrassing the @PoliceNG and exposing it to ridicule with lousy and irresponsible tweets? To think it’s been done on tax payers time ? Don’t the @PoliceNG have some form of oversight that monitors what comes out of their handle?
— Patrick Obanor (@Pobanor_X5) July 20, 2018
Africa is not fit to have a place on the world map.
Many animals are in Police uniforms.
Zero respect for citizens pic.twitter.com/nyUU8SWvwI— Christian C. (@omorogiec) July 20, 2018
Shameful this is your yardstick of measuring your competence! That is why the system is a complete mess.
— Slimoke (@Slimoke) July 20, 2018
By the way, #EndSARS & sack this bloody cretin masquerading as a human. Never been more disappointed and angry at anyone like this! You need to go reflect on the value of the human life. Glorifying in police brutality. And the police’s silence on all SARS killings speaks volumes
— Omawumi Ogbe (@ormainy) July 20, 2018
Such a shame on https://t.co/oHO3F9FIie what your men do is what exactly?Just too https://t.co/n8ytwHZgwG day the narrative will change and it will bloody definately. Everyone that has aided the #PoliceBrutality will go down! #ReformPoliceNG
— Shade Osijo (@ShadeOsijo) July 20, 2018
You no get sense oo are you encouraging any form of brutality it shows the kind of man you are when the buahri we put for president self no get sense
— Yusuf Olalekan (@Lakeside_68) July 20, 2018
This is bad, accepted….but it DOESN’T justify the brutality of SARS
— AkinAjayi (@akinajayi2k) July 20, 2018
Sir, positive thinking and activities are what a responsible human or organization should be seeing imbibing in character and delivery of services. If this is what your organization is trying to beat, then all I can say is sorry.
— Kolapo Kabir Oduola (@KabirOduola) July 20, 2018
