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African police officers seem to be lagging far behind when it comes to professionalism, and this has manifested on numerous occasions in their handling of civilians.

Police officers pounce on a lawyer and beat him like a condemned criminal (video) | Pulse Ghana

Andreas Kamasah

<p><a data-link-role-code="none" href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/filla/nigerian-soldier-shares-video-of-6-hour-fight-with-boko-haram-and-its-no-joke/ptr2kkq" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recently, Ghana police have been in the news for arbitrarily assaulting civilians </a>who they are in uniform to protect, and that has also triggered some reprisal attacks on some officers in certain parts of the country as well.</p>

<p>Just a few days ago, the police in Accra was heavily criticised for getting hostile towards law students protesting the mass failure of their entrance exams.</p>

<p>The unprofessionalism is not peculiar to Ghanaian police officers, in fact, their Nigerian counterparts are even more notorious in meting out hostilities to civilians.</p>

<p>A video making the rounds online shows some uniformed police officers pouncing on a man reported to be a lawyer and beating him left right and centre in Onitsha, Anambra state.</p>

<p>Nigerian local media reports suggest that the victim must have attempted to intervene in a matter that the police were handling but the officers thought he was overstepping.</p>

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<p>In the video, the alleged lawyer is seen hurling some words at the officers who also responded with slaps.</p>

<p>The victim must have said something that infuriated the officers further, and they pounced on him with heavy fisticuffs.</p>

<p>In his attempt to escape, he fell but the officers would not stop assaulting him.</p>

<p>A lady is heard shouting and threatening to post the video of the assault on social media.</p>

<p>It took some other civilians to rescue the unnamed lawyer.</p>

Police officers pounce on a lawyer and beat him like a condemned criminal (video)

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