{"id":57736,"date":"2017-05-17T03:43:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T02:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=57736"},"modified":"2017-05-17T03:43:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T02:43:11","slug":"police-handcuff-man-van-drag-ground-benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/police-handcuff-man-van-drag-ground-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Police handcuff man to van, drag him on ground In Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/szh-BqWxjxg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A video of policemen who handcuffed a man to their van, dragging him on<br \/>\nthe ground and subjecting him to other inhumane treatment has emerged<br \/>\nonline.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, a man could be seen lying on the ground with his left hand<br \/>\nhandcuffed to the body of a police van. Angry onlookers could also be<br \/>\nheard casting aspersions and cursing the officers, who apparently had<br \/>\ndriven the van to that point dragging the man along.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook user, Irabor Franklyn, who shared the video on his timeline<br \/>\nsaid the incident happened <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1789960595\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span> in Benin City.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that some of them who tried to beg on behalf of the young man<br \/>\nthat was handcuffed to the van were also brutalised.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cI and so many others were brutalised by men of the Nigeria<br \/>\nPolice Force, Esige Division. Just because we pleaded with them not to<br \/>\ndrag a young man chained to the back of their Hilux Van along the road.<br \/>\nThis happened on morning Sunday, May 15th, 2017 between 1st East Circular<br \/>\nRoad and Sopkonba Road Junction, Benin City.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of policemen who handcuffed a man to their van, dragging him on the ground and subjecting him to other inhumane treatment has emerged online. 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