Nigeria Police Force Suspend Officers Whose Video Recently Went Viral On The Internet

The Nigeria Police Force have suspended two female supernumerary officers, Obaze Blessing with SPY number 5709, and Obaze Emmanuella Uju with SPY number 5708 whose video recently surfaced the internet. The two officers were suspended for breach of the provisions of the Police Act, 2020 and the NPF guidelines for recruitment, promotion and discipline of supernumerary police 2013.

It would be recalled that one of the suspended officers had shared a montage of herself and her colleague slaying together in mufti and police uniform. The video was captioned, ‘sis that slay together work together, miss you big sis.’ The video was however, greeted by mixed reactions after it surfaced the internet.

Barely three days after the video surfaced the internet, it was contained in a statement by the Nigeria Police Force that the two officers have been suspended from the police force effective immediately.

According to the Police Press Release, the officers portrayed themselves as ‘undisciplined and unprofessional,’ in the viral video which is in contravention of the Police Social Media Policy.

The statement partly read, ‘Above all, they portrayed themselves in the viral video and other videos as undisciplined an unprofessional, in contravention of the Police Social Media Policy, with acts glorifying ill-gotten wealth and ill-morals, which has received wide condemnation from members of the public’.