Police set popular market ablaze in Anambra
Officers of the Anambra State Police Command, on Wednesday, allegedly razed over 100 shops at Timber Market in Nnewi area of the state.
Reports shared on Twitter by @Nnewicity said that the police officers who had gone in search of indian hemp smokers were unable to catch up with them and thereafter “put on their lighter which caught fire immediately with saw dust”.
The videos shared online showed a section of the market in flames as some people in the area destroyed the police vehicle.
The officers were said to have escaped with other vehicles.
When contacted by Peoples Gazette, the police spokesperson in the state, Haruna Mohammed, denied the incident.
Mr. Mohammed said “I am not aware, but I will find out.”
In the past years, officers of the Nigerian Police Force have been accused of extensive abuse of human rights, extortion, extrajudicial killings, among other crimes.
Their inhumane activities led to the history #EndSARS nationwide protest across the country in October 2020.
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