FOUR YORUBA POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED OVER ETHNIC BIAS AGAINST IGBOS

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested four Yoruba 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 Command wishes to inform the general public that the officers captured in the video have been arrested and identified as AP/No. 207454 ASP Elomore Sodayo, AP/No. 332012 Inspector Adefila Adewale, AP/No. 332449 Inspector Olorunfemi Opeyemi, and AP/No. 332369 Inspector Odusola Peter.