Nigeria, March 11 -- The police in Ebonyi State, south-east Nigeria, say they will investigate some operatives seen in a viral video clip assaulting two yet-to-be-identified men in the state.

The police spokesperson in the state, Joshua Ukandu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

The viral video clip

In the 30-second clip, seen by PREMIUM TIMES, some armed police operatives, numbering about five, were filmed flogging the men along a road.

The incident was said to have happened earlier on Sunday. However, it is unclear which part of the state the incident happened.

Some of the operatives later attempted to bundle one of the assaulted men into their Toyota Hilux pickup truck parked along the road while still beating and kicking hi...