Yomi Shogunle says making videos of food is unhygienic after officers harassed blogger for doing so

Yomi Shogunle, head of the Police Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit, while reacting to an issue of harassment suffered in the hands of the Nigerian police by a customer for making videos of food, has said it is unhealthy for people to record videos of food.

Blogger, Unilag Olodo, had visited Mega Chicken in Ikota to get food, and he made a Snapchat video of the food on display.

Asked by the security men to delete the video, he refused, and the police was called.

The Policemen attempted taking his phone by force, and when they succeeded, they tried to delete the video.

He posted the video on his social media accounts, and it quickly gained traction.

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THE UNFAIR TREATMENT METED OUT ON CUSTOMERS BY MEGA CHICKEN. . So foodie like myself that's been starving all evening made a video of the food while deciding what to order at Mega Chicken Ikota and the security came asking me to delete it. . I found it very annoying and refused. Dude went to call MOPOL on top my matter and caused a scene, seizing, insisting I open, and almost breaking my phone. . I've basically spent too much money on these people and endured their useless services (especially lack of available delivery staff) over the years so this really pissed me off. . So my people, help me understand and make sense of what just happened o. . Questions: 1. Is it an offence to take pictures now at fast foods? (Aren't fast foods public places?) . 2. Were the MOPOL right to check my phone (my private property) looking for picture I took? . 3. While making a LIVE VIDEO (which was posted anyway) the MOPOL grabbed my iPhone 7, almost broke it while wrestling it from me. Is this RIGHT? . 4. DOES MEGA CHICKEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO HARASS CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY NEVER PUT ANY NOTICE PROHIBITING USE OF MOBILE PHONES IN THEIR PREMISES? . 5. What will be done about the public humiliation I endured and the stress on my sister who has a headache right now as a result while people were gathered around as if I stole food? . Pretty much questions I need answers to because no theft was committed, no intellectual property abuse, no sign stating its “NO CAMERA” Policy. So I'll know if this is how we'll be doing o ?

A post shared by Ibrahim Salawu (@unilagolodo) on Sep 5, 2017 at 12:41pm PDT

Yomi Shogunle reacted to the video, asking if the policemen were really policemen. He wrote:

Are those uniform guys in Mega Chicken video policemen ni? Wrong to enter an eatery & start taking photos/videos of their food! #Unhygienic.

Read food #hygiene/safety, healthy conduct at restaurants. Food for public consumption dif from one served u. Do u know where he was b4…

See his posts below:

Are those uniform guys in Mega Chicken video policemen ni?
Wrong to enter an eatery & start taking photos/videos of their food!#Unhygienic.

— Abayomi Shogunle (@YomiShogunle) September 6, 2017

Read food #hygiene/safety, healthy conduct at restaurants.
Food for public consumption dif from one served u.
Do u know where he was b4…

— Abayomi Shogunle (@YomiShogunle) September 6, 2017