Netizens kick as police probe Blord’s armed escorts after viral video

By Damilola Akinwale –

Netizens have expressed concerns over the Nigeria Police Force’s investigation into a viral video showing armed police officers escorting businessman Linus Williams, popularly known as Blord.

In the video posted by Blord on Tuesday, he was seen arriving at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, in a black Cadillac, wearing a red-and-white striped traditional cap associated with the Kwankwaso political brand and accompanied by armed police officers in camouflage uniforms and tactical gear.

Reacting to the video, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, described the escort as “unlawful and illegal” in a statement posted on his official X account on Wednesday, announcing that an investigation had commenced. “Unlawful and illegal. Investigation has commenced into this incident, please. We say #NoToImpunity,” he wrote.

The development comes against the backdrop of President Bola Tinubu’s directive to withdraw police officers attached to Very Important Persons (VIPs) and redeploy them to core policing duties. The President issued the directive at a security meeting with service chiefs and the Director-General of the Department of State Services in Abuja on November 23, 2025.

On December 6, 2025, the police deployed a Special Enforcement Team to monitor compliance with the directive, beginning with an operation in Lagos. The then Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the exercise recorded no cases of unauthorised police escort deployment.

However, netizens have criticised Iniedu’s position, accusing the police of selectively enforcing the President’s directive and citing instances in which Seyi Tinubu’s police convoy was reportedly spotted.

U.C.H.E (@iamFmajor) wrote, “Over 20 armed security operatives, SSS officers among them, shielded Seyi Tinubu, the President’s son, through Port Harcourt as the City Boy Movement procession moved through the city, at the APC re-election rally at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium.”

Another user, Mazi Olisaemeka, said, “BLord having security personnel is unlawful and impunity, but Seyi Tinubu moving around with a battalion of policemen is lawful, right? Mind you, both are ordinary citizens. So what makes BLord’s own unlawful? Una no real walai.” Iniedu had not responded to the allegations as of the time of filing this report.