The Ondo State Police Command has arrested four police officers captured in a viral video making unprofessional and ethnically insensitive remarks to a motorist during a stop-and-search operation along the Lagos–Benin Expressway.
The command said the officers had also been placed under investigation following public outrage over the incident, which circulated widely on social media on Friday.
The viral clip showed a heated confrontation between the officers and a motorist, reportedly a United Kingdom returnee, who challenged their attempt to stop and search him.
During the exchange, the driver accused the officers of intimidation, ethnic profiling and attempting to extort him, while one of the policemen made remarks suggesting that the motorist would have been detained if he belonged to the Igbo tribe.
The incident sparked widespread condemnation on X and other social media platforms, with many Nigerians calling for disciplinary action against the officers.
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