Two police escorts said to be attached to Davido have been detained after a video allegedly showed them shooting in the air reached the police.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, the head of Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) official, ACP Abayomi Shogunle, the unit was notified by members of the public of the incident in Lagos.
He said subsequently that the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Police Mobile Force at the Force Headquarters identified the men following a directive of the Inspector General of Police.
‘On August 1, PCRRU was notified about a video in circulation on social media in which some men alleged to be policemen were seen shooting in the air on the street in a moving vehicle.’
Shogunle stated the incident took place on July 31 along the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Road, adding that the officers were attached to a private security company, Infinity Security Company via 20 Police Mobile Force Squadron.
‘Punishment has been recommended. We are only waiting for the appropriate police authority to review the punishment,’ he said.