The Nigerian Police Behaved like Hoodlums on Uche Nwosu Arrest

The Nigerian police should be called out for the way they abducted Mr. Uche Nwosu. They operated like hoodlums, kidnappers and arm robbers whose sole aim is not to enforce the law but to break the law. The officers involved in that arrest should be punished severely for the unprofessional conduct of the arrest.

No matter whatsoever the offense of Mr. Nwosu is, he is still regarded in law as a suspect, he is presumed in law to be innocent and his constitutional fundamental rights are to be respected and protected until he is found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction.

The way he was treated by the Nigerian police by whisking him away while shooting several shots into the air like armed robbers or kidnappers with the risk of shooting worshippers who attended the church Mr. Nwosu was abducted from for their Christmas Sunday service.

If Mr. Nwosu can be treated in such a crude manner despite whatever he is suspected to have committed as an offense, Mr. Nwosu, a senior citizen of the state, it shows that nobody is safe in this country, a common man can even be killed and no one will ask questions.

The Nigerian police have a knack for continuous disregard of the rule of law, their professional rules of engagement and enforcement of the law while they are purporting to be enforcing the law. Two wrongs can never make a right; you cannot be a breaking the law whilst in the duty of catching a law breaker, the abduction and the style and manner in which Mr. Nwosu was kidnapped by the Nigerian police is a no no and should be condemned by every well meaning Nigerian despite political affiliations and personal relationships.

The officers that engaged in that arrest should be severely punished and acts like that should never be condoned.