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“NDLEA SWAT”: Social Media Erupts As SWAT Teams Overstep Bounds
Social media spaces have erupted after officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency were spotted harassing commuters in SWAT uniforms in some parts of the country on Monday, December 21st, 2020.
NDLEA is Nigeria’s premier drug enforcement agency charged with the responsibility of apprehending and punishing persons culpable of illegal drug use and distribution.
The drug enforcement agency, however, have hitherto, not been operating with SWAT uniforms in the past, and Nigerians are apprehensive that it may not be a co-incidence that shortly after the rogue police unit, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was dissolved to become a Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT), security operatives have now assumed the identity under the aegis of NDLEA.
Nigerians have also cried foul over what echoes as unauthorized highhandedness after some of the SWAT officers, who have no business searching the mobile phones of commuters, were caught on camera rummaging through the mobile phones of motorists, much in the spirit of the defunct anti-robbery squad.
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The is growing sense of fear that this SWAT team, though operating under the auspices of NDLEA, could be replete of the rogue police officers many Nigerians gave their lives for during the recent #EndSARS protests across the country.
Below are some of the reactions on Twitter.
Stopping people to search their phone,they call theirselves NDLEA SWAT 💔 pic.twitter.com/1wXXmpuFrI
— SonoftheMostHigh (@SonoftheH) December 20, 2020
They have started again#NDLEA_SWAT
🙄🙄 pic.twitter.com/0xCtkvepAq— COMIC-M06 (@AondohembaTema) December 21, 2020
NDLEA SWAT spotted on the road searching Citizen’s phone
Who are all these ones again? 🙄 pic.twitter.com/CiKX7oKRBo
— Jaynaija Blog (@Jaynaijadotcom) December 21, 2020
Dear @PoliceNG @PoliceNG_CRU @ndlea_nigeria what is NDLEA SWAT and why are they on the road with guns searching peoples phone?#WhatisNdleaSwat
Cc @segalink @NGRSenate @NGRPresident #Nigeria #Dotherightthing #Endimpunity#adoaja #skijumpingfamily #mystylerocksgr pic.twitter.com/6Nt21uruX2
— RUGGEDMAN (@RuggedyBaba) December 20, 2020
My God, what’s the meaning NDLEA SWAT, what does it have to do with checking people’s phones? pic.twitter.com/yqpFwFW3EO
— #hashtag LFC🔴 (@hashtag2weet) December 21, 2020
Please what is NDLEA SWAT?
They are on the road checking phones.
They are on the road with guns.May God help us in Nigeria.
So this is the new SARS now abi
They gave them new jersey and labelled it NDLEA SWAT abiNo wahala pic.twitter.com/WpLhhqLUdx
— #OurFavOnlineDoc 🩺🇳🇬🇬🇧💎 (@DrOlufunmilayo) December 21, 2020
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