The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Delta Command, has said that its officers and operatives of the Nigerian Air Force who were caught fighting on tape engaged in a physical scuffle because of a drug trafficking suspect.
The 33-second video, which has generated a lot of reactions on the conduct of Nigerian security officers, was filmed in Jeddo, Delta State, on Tuesday.
It was first shared by FocusNaijaTv, an Instagram user, on Wednesday with a caption that reads, “Our security men fighting yesterday in Jeddo.”
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In the video, six officers, both from the NPF and the Air Force, challenged each other to physical duels, with some of them using their guns to hit each other.
JXT_Authentic, another Instagram user, stated that the Air Force personnel were fond of extorting passers-by on the road.
“Their own is too much… Especially this Air Force people. Anytime we pass there, they always stop us and collect money. It’s the same for everyone. Every day is their Oga‘s birthday — once you pass, they stop you and say it’s their Oga‘s birthday, asking you to buy them drinks and everything,” the user wrote.
Reacting to the incident on Thursday, Bright Edafe, the spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, said that the policemen were in transit with a suspect, who was arrested for possessing illegal substances.
He claimed the military officers who knew the suspect insisted on their release, which caused a fight to break out.
“The Policemen attached to QRS were on their way with a suspect found in possession of substances suspected to be codeine, Indian Hemp and Canadian loud,” Bright wrote.
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“But the personnel of the airforce who happened to know the suspect intercepted and insisted that the policemen must release them before proceeding; hence, they attacked the policemen unprovoked.”
At the time of filing this report, the Nigeria Air Force had not issued any statement on the conduct of its officers.
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