The Imo State Police Command of the Nigeria Police Force has commenced the orderly room trial of the six policemen who were caught on video brutalising and assaulting some students of the Imo State University (IMSU) for allegedly refusing to submit their mobile phones to the officers to be searched. SaharaReporters had reported that some police officers in Owerri, Imo State capital physically assaulted and brutalised some students of the IMSU in their compound for allegedly refusing to submit their mobile phones to the officers to be searched.
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Since the video was uploaded on the social media, it has travelled fast like wildfire, eliciting outrage and condemnation, especially since it was alleged that the students were so attacked because they refused to allow the policemen to browse through their phones.