When this photo went viral on social media, many Nigerians blasted the police force and some started sending complain to the IGP. In regards to this, the complain response unit (CRU) of the Nigeria police force has come out to tell the general public that the photo is 6 years old.

Read below:

COMPLAINT RESPONSE UNIT - CRU, Nigeria Police Force

YOUR "PHOTO OF THE DAY" IS AN OLD PICTURE

This image has been in circulation on the social media for about six years now. A lot of capacity building and attitudinal change training for our officers had taken place and are still continuing.

*Photo once posted on ₦airaland Forum on 7th July, 2014

http://www.metropillar.com/2016/03/this-photo-is-six-year-old-says-nigeria.html

Yet they refused to tell us how they reacted about it.

wordcat:
Yet they refused to tell us how they reacted about it.

Should they tell you now how they reacted to it? No be the same IGP that time..
You must know that.

one thing sha is never to underestimate the power of social media. The pics went viral.

hmmmm