Nigeria: Viral video shows man forcefully making toddler smoke; police launches inquiry

*Trigger warning: Some readers might find the graphic descpriptions in this story disturbing. Discretion is adviced*

Police officers in Nigeria have been asked to look for and arrest a man who has not yet been identified but who was seen in a recent video sharing a substance with a newborn baby that was presumably cannabis.

In thevideo doing rounds, the man is seen smoking what looks like a wrap of cannabisand then forcing it into the mouth of the toddlerhe’s carrying.

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Nigerians outraged by the insane act responded on Twitter, tagging the Nigeria Police Force, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, and other security organisations, and demanding the arrest of the man in the video.

As per Vanguard reports, many police commands throughout Nigeriahave been instructed to deploy technologyin order to track the manand prosecute him.

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