UK police officer under probe for telling Nigerian women not to call cops on their husbands

A Metropolitan Police officer is currently under probe for telling Nigerian women not to call police on their husbands

In the video, the Police officer was allegedly telling a group of Nigerian women not to call police on their husbands but to “manage it”.

The video is now being investigated. The video is resurfacing on social media, six years after it was allegedly recorded.

The clip filmed inside Divine Restoration International Church in Camberwell in 2018 shows a police staff member addressing a group of mainly women as three officers stand beside, sparking outrage from abuse charities.

In the video, which was seen by the UK Mirror, the officer can be heard speaking in Yoruba – a Nigerian language, as well as English, while he stands at a pulpit talking about knife crime and how sons ‘may not want to listen to their mothers” and instead prefer their fathers.

The footage goes on to show the officer allegedly saying that once Nigerian women arrive in the UK they start behaving “rudely” towards their husbands, adding that they should not call police on their husbands “but manage it.”

Police confirmed to the UK Mirror that the footage has been referred to the Met’s standards unit.

The children’s safeguarding group Africa, have expressed anger at the remarks in a letter of complaint to the Met detailing how the officer’s advice was “telling victims to stay in abusive relationships and not to seek police protection.”

Speaking to the UK Mirror, Chief Executive of Afruca, Debbie Ariyo who saw the video said: “[The officer said], ‘do not call the police on your husband, but manage it.’

The police staff member was joined by other staff who stood beside him while he addressed the women

“When I heard it, I was livid. Like what do you mean? So if a man is abusing the woman, and don’t forget, domestic violence is not always about physical abuse, emotional even in terms of cultural practices, its a se.xual issue – so if a woman is being abused in the home, she shouldn’t call the police because if she does, the man will be removed from the home and the children will spiral and it will be her fault.

“If a woman is being abused, you’re saying that women shouldn’t seek police protection. “That was really bad of them, that’s just like minimising these issues in our communities. That Nigerians don’t really matter. Even children are victims in the home when domestic violence is going on.”

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