An Anambra police officer has come under fire for allegedly shooting a truck driver’s tire because the driver refused to pay a bribe.
User @ChuksEricE posted about the incident on X (formerly Twitter), which took place at the Onitsha Head Bridge.
The post claims that the altercation started when a truck driver refused to give the officer a bribe.
According to reports, the officer shot one of the truck’s tires in retaliation.
Disturbed by the action, other truck drivers stopped traffic on the main thoroughfare and insisted on getting a new tire before continuing.
The protest led to hours of gridlock, prompting the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the station to step in.
To restore order, the DPO reportedly bought a new tyre for the affected driver.
As the story gained traction online, many Nigerians took to the comment section to express shock and frustration over the incident.
See some reactions below:
@Impregnabilis: “I hope the Policemen and everyone have learnt one or two lessons from this. Power belongs to the people, they only delegate part of it to you and can withdraw it if they so wish.”
@baby_jennifer1: “Omo see as I dey happy as them pay for the tire. Very anyhow people.”
@kingkhone4real: “Na where police sheet una always dey find. Una get big problem.”
@CleverNation23: “This gets to show what we can achieve as a people if we don’t have influencers who will collect money from the back.”
@dejavu213: “It will be a terrible thing when people no longer have regards for officers that will keep order in the society. It will be chaos all over. This oppression has to stop before people revolt… many have had enough!!”
@oluwaseun_ajede: “The funny thing is, even if that policeman replaces the tyre, it is paid for with a bribe he took somewhere else. A really broken society.”
@waley2: “The @PoliceNG need to go under cover and see what is going on at Asaba part of the Niger bridg, very rouge police officers with checkpoints at every 20meters.”
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