AN unidentified police officer has been captured, in a viral video, assaulting a motorist for not allowing the police vehicle to overtake him on a highway.
According to reports, the victim/ motorist, Ella John Elaigwu, who spoke to members of the on Thursday, April 21, 2022, alleged that the vehicle, with plate number, Police PF 1813 – SPY, tried overtaking him near Goshen City, Living Faith Church in Abuja while returning to the city after the Easter celebration.
He explained that his inability to immediately give way to the police vehicle angered the officer leading to the assault.
Elaigwu said the officer, who was sighted in the viral video, broke his car bumper, destroyed his cell phone and threatened to kill him.
“I was driving along Abuja-Keffi Expressway; the police vehicle was behind me blowing sirens but I couldn’t give him chance immediately as it was tight but immediately there was space, I applied break for him to pass, only for him to overtake me and began to push towards me, till he hit my bumper and I swerved out of the road and parked.
“It would have been a fatal accident; I didn’t make any attempt to follow him, but other people who saw what he did try to help and stop him; I tried to ask why he almost made us have an accident and the man went inside the car, brought out his gun,” the victim narrated
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT command, DSP Josephine Adeh, who condemned the unprofessional conduct of the officer, said the erring officer may not be attached to the command.
According to her, it is difficult to properly identify the officer because he was not on his uniform.
