At the early hour on Monday Morning 21st December, popular Nigerian singer, Michael Stephens best known as Ruggedman tweeted two pictures of NDLEA SWAT Officers on the highway, on duty, stop and search exercise with Travellers.
What attracted Nigerians attention is the tag name SWAT and in the picture, one of the officers was looking through a mans phone.
Some Nigerians took to social media to react to this new revelation. Read below:
Dear @PoliceNG @PoliceNG_CRU @ndlea_nigeria what is NDLEA SWAT and why are they on the road with guns searching peoples phone?#WhatisNdleaSwat
— RUGGEDMAN (@RuggedyBaba) December 20, 2020
Cc @segalink @NGRSenate @NGRPresident #Nigeria #Dotherightthing #Endimpunity#adoaja #skijumpingfamily #mystylerocksgr pic.twitter.com/6Nt21uruX2
ABEG OGA GENERAL BUHARI WE SABI NDLEA, BUT WHICH ONE B “NDLEA SWAT”? NA WEN YOU FORM DIS NEW FORCE WEY U NO ANNOUNCE AM? #MOP ✊🏿Soro Soke Generation ✊🏿ALUTA pic.twitter.com/GIrRZdsCFJ
— Seun Anikulapo Kuti (@RealSeunKuti) December 21, 2020
Who heads @ndlea_nigeria? It’s best to shutdown this madness now before it gets messy. The citizens will not take lightly to this and a reasonable admin will not worsen an already bad situation. Arrest these rogue officers and prosecute them for armed robbery & kidnapping. 🚔 https://t.co/FfEHh46nmm
— SEGA L'éveilleur®🚨 (@segalink) December 21, 2020
Nobody is saying they have right to check people phone.
— Kelz (@Edward_Onoriode) December 21, 2020
What I'm saying is that this have absolutely nothing to do with the Police and the Police can't arrest them because they're not under the Police.
That's the job of NDLEA authorities.
#December21 EFCC is fighting cyber crime on the streets, police brutality and #EndSARS
— I'm Ola (@legxyy) December 21, 2020
Insecurity in the North,Boko Haram are there bombing, Herdsmen slaying etc...
Who are these NDLEA SWAT searching for drugs in people's phone again
Are we ever going to v peace in ds Nigeria? pic.twitter.com/KrRPgoJY4Q
They have started again....
— Kate Henshaw (@HenshawKate) December 21, 2020
We Don’t want Them!! Shey They don dey Sell Cocaine For Gmail again??🙄🙄
— SamzyPR (@IamSamzyPR) December 21, 2020
TR : #NDLEASWAT #WhatisNDLEASWAT #EndPoliceBrutality #EndSarsNow #EndBadGoveranceInNigeria #EndSWAT #EndSARS @PoliceNG @PoliceNG_CRU @NDLEAA pic.twitter.com/VouExDdihY
The attention of the authorities is hereby called again to the brigandage & organized crime syndicate at the @ndlea_nigeria opposite Murtala international airport Lagos. They raid hotels, abducting young people for ransom. As we speak they’re demanding N2M per head from captives.
— SEGA L'éveilleur®🚨 (@segalink) December 20, 2020
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