A police officer in Anambra has come under fire after allegedly shooting a truck driver’s tyre for refusing to give a bribe.
The incident, which occurred at the Onitsha Head Bridge, was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @ChuksEricE.
According to the post, the confrontation began when a truck driver declined to offer a bribe to the officer.
In retaliation, the officer reportedly shot one of the truck’s tyres.
Outraged by the act, fellow truck drivers halted movement on the busy road, demanding that a new tyre be provided before they would proceed.
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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