By Comrade Kunle Sodipo FICSSMN, MNIMN, ANIPR
_Ogun State Nigeria based Public Affairs Analyst and Security Strategist_
26 August, 2026
There is a viral video.
Dirty-looking men. Not properly dressed. No clear identification.
They descended on a controversial traditional believer known as Tani Olorun in Oyo State — right in front of his family and horrified eyewitnesses who had no choice but to record the terrifying encounter.
My question is simple: Is this what the Nigeria Police Force now stands for?
I am not defending any offense. I am not justifying any crime.
But must justice wear the face of lawlessness?
Must an operation look exactly like the crime it claims to be fighting?
Truth be told, incidents like this are not unique to Nigeria. But “it happens elsewhere” should never be our excuse. In a country currently battling kidnapping, banditry, and terror, should our own security agents not look, act, and sound different from the criminals?
How else do we describe officers who appear like garage boys, bandits, and kidnappers?
How do citizens differentiate them from the very people terrorizing Oriire Local Government — where just recently, school students and teachers spent days in captivity before being rescued?
Who protects us from those meant to protect us?
I know many fine, diligent, and professional police personnel. Men and women who risk their lives daily with dignity. That is why it hurts deeply anytime a few bad eggs drag the entire institution in the mud with terrible, nauseating, and provocative conduct.
Police work is a noble profession. The uniform is sacred.
Anyone who wears it must not be found wanting in intelligence, discipline, and professionalism.
So I ask the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force, under the hardworking IGP Tunji Disu:
*How long will we keep tolerating this embarrassment?
When will the bad eggs be fished out, named, shamed, and decisively dealt with?
How do we rebuild public trust when videos like this go viral every week?
The video of Tani Olorun’s rough handling is not just about one man.
It is about the image of Nigeria.
It is about the future of policing.
It is about whether a child in Oyo State will grow up to fear or respect the police.
The IGP must go tough. Not with words. With action.
Because if the police begin to look like the problem, then who becomes the solution?
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