Speak ‘Queen’s English’ on road to officers, get shot, killed – Police boss warns Nigerians

The Head of Police Public Complaint Unit, Abayomi Shogunle, has advised Nigerians to avoid speaking “Queen’s English” to police officers on the road so as to avoid being shot or killed by the officers.
Shogunle said people should instead speak “Pidgin” English while communicating with police officers on the road, apparently suggesting that most of the officers are not comfortable conversing in English.
He gave the advice yesterday via his official Twitter handle as he shared a video of a police boss in Lagos warning officers against killing innocent Nigerians.
“For now, don’t go and be speaking Queen’s English with them on the road. For proper understanding, talk to them in Pidgin, another way to avoid kasala,” he said.
Shogunle on his twitter handle @YomiShogunle wrote; “For now, don’t go and be speaking Queen’s English with them on the road. For proper understanding talk to them in Pidgin, another way to avoid kasala.
The police have come under fire over extra-judicial killings of Nigerians on the road. There have also been several cases of police officers harassing or torturing innocent Nigerians.
The developments have rekindled the #EndSARS campaign on social media.
Amnesty International had investigated the activities of SARS over the past three years.
In the report of one of the investigations in September 2016, titled: “Nigeria: You Have Signed Your Death Warrant”, the group stated how police officers maltreat suspects to force them to confess to a crime they did not commit.