A man identifying himself as Newton Isokpehi, a serving police officer with 26 years of service, has sparked nationwide outrage after releasing a video threatening to shoot dead anyone who records him while he is on duty.
In the highly controversial clip that went viral across social media platforms, Isokpehi issued graphic threats targeting both members of the public and any superior police officer he believed had sanctioned the filming of personnel in the line of duty.
The officer delivered his explosive, profanity-laced tirade entirely in Pidgin English, which was subsequently translated into standard English to fully capture the weight of his alarming declarations.
Media investigations quickly traced Isokpehi’s digital footprint to a TikTok account bearing the name “Newton isokpehi for life” and the username #actor459, where he regularly posts personal content alongside clips of himself clad in official police uniform.
While the specific video at the center of the controversy was hurriedly deleted from the page, the account itself remained fully active at the time of reporting, with several earlier posts of him in uniform still visible to the public.
Despite the visual evidence and the account history, official quarters have yet to formally verify whether Isokpehi is indeed an active, serving member of the Nigerian Police Force or an impostor.
During the recording, the speaker made it clear that he would not tolerate being filmed by citizens, warning that any superior officer who authorized such actions would end up overseeing the funeral of the person behind the camera.
“Any day I’m on duty as a police officer, carrying my rifle and doing my job, let somebody come and video me. That oga who gave you people the order to video us, he will go and do your burial. He will bury you. The number of you that I kill, he will be the one to bury all of you,” he threatened.
He went further in his defiance, explicitly daring brave citizens to approach him with their cameras while he is actively performing his duties on the road.
“I have served in the Nigerian Police Force for twenty-six years in this place where we are suffering. We suffer every single day, every time,” he stated while reflecting on his decades in uniform.
“If anyone is bold enough, just bring your camera. Watch me properly, bring your camera and come anywhere I am. Come and video me. If you don’t do it right, I will clear everybody down, the whole bus, everybody around. I swear to God, if I don’t do it, let me die,” he said.
Turning his anger away from civilians, he also directed explicit threats and curses at any highly placed officer within the police hierarchy who had instructed members of the public to film field officers.
“That oga, that police officer who gave the order for people to video policemen on duty, oya, I will deal with you all harshly. You will see serious wahala, you will see problem. Problem will destroy your generation,” he said.
To justify his deep-seated anger, Isokpehi raised his arm to display what he described as raw bullet wounds, citing the scars as undeniable evidence of the extreme physical hardships officers endure on the frontline without adequate welfare support.
“You think I was born like this? This is a gunshot wound,” he said, pointing to his arm. “We are just working. Monkey dey work, baboon dey chop. My whole body is covered with bullet wounds and gunshot scars. Yet I’m still suffering,” he said.
He acknowledged, however, that the current Inspector General of Police had at least begun addressing the massive backlog of unpaid insurance and death benefits historically owed to fallen officers and their grieving families.
“Look at families whose fathers died many years ago. Since this IG assumed office, he has started releasing their insurance and benefits,” he said, momentarily softening his tone.
The self-shot video, which surprisingly featured an ironic “God bless police” text overlay, has triggered heavy public condemnation, with citizens demanding psychological evaluations for armed personnel and immediate accountability from the high command.
