A video has surfaced on social media showing a Nigerian police officer, Newton Isokpehi, threatening to shoot dead any citizen who attempts to record him while on duty.
In the widely condemned footage, Isokpehi—who claimed 26 years in the police force—also issued graphic threats directed at superior officers who permit citizens to film law enforcement personnel. Isokpehi who posted the video on his TikTok account, bearing the name “Newton isokpehi for life”said; “Any day I’m on duty as a police officer, carrying my rifle and doing my job, let somebody come and video me. That oga who gave you people the order to video us, he will go and do your burial. He will bury you. The number of you that I k!ll, he will be the one to bury all of you. I have served in the Nigerian Police Force for twenty-six years in this place where we are suffering. We suffer every single day, every time. If anyone is bold enough, just bring your camera. Watch me properly, bring your camera and come anywhere I am. Come and video me. If you don’t do it right, I will clear everybody down, the whole bus, everybody around. I swear to God, if I don’t d...