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“I was harassed by police officers and accused of carrying a charm” – Actor Akah Nnani narrates

Nollywood actor, Akah Nnani has taken to Instagram to narrate his sad ordeal and how he suffered a great deal of harassment at the hands of the Nigerian police, despite his celebrity status.

Akah said he boarded a taxi which was flagged down by police officers along Ring Road Bridge. He said there were over 20 police officers on the bridge who claimed they were conducting a stop-and-search operation using a shuttle bus and not an official police vehicle so he was forced to ask how the police officers would be traced if they did something bad at the scene.

Akah Nnani said one of the police officers who came to the car he was in, cocked his gun and pointed it at him and the driver without establishing if they are criminals or had committed a crime and that the police officer who looked like a “black-faced criminal”, felt irritated and challenged after he asked him to stop pointing his gun at them.

Nnani said the police officers then asked them to drive to a dark alley, away from the bridge and other road users and he resisted. He stated that after he resisted, they insisted on searching him. However, after they saw his house key which had a local drum attached to it, they accused him of having a charm.

Nnani said they allowed him to leave after one of them pulled him aside, asked him his profession and went through his photos and videos. The actor also revealed that the police officers who allegedly harassed him had a SWAT inscription on their outfit, which is the replacement of the disbanded SARS, he concluded by asking if they would have let him go if he didn’t have a profile.

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