Nigerian businessman and social media personality, Linus Williams, popularly known as Blord, has come under fresh public scrutiny after the Nigeria Police Force launched an investigation into a video he shared showing armed police officers escorting him.
The video, posted on his Instagram page on Tuesday, November 10, showed Blord arriving at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu in a black Cadillac with the personalised number plate, “B-LORD”.
Dressed in a red-and-white striped traditional cap, the businessman was seen walking alongside armed police officers in camouflage uniforms and tactical gear. The officers also accompanied him to what appeared to be his business premises, with some seen opening his vehicle door.
Reacting to the footage on Wednesday, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, described the arrangement as unlawful and illegal, confirming that an investigation had commenced.
“Unlawful and illegal. An investigation has commenced into this incident please. We say #notoimpunity,” he wrote in a post on X.
The development has triggered mixed reactions on social media, with some Nigerians questioning the circumstances surrounding the police escort, while others accused the authorities of selective enforcement.
A Facebook user, Kelvin Ikechukwu Onyekwelu, questioned how the businessman obtained the officers, asking whether he had stolen them or assigned them to himself.
He also suggested that the investigation might be politically motivated, arguing that support for opposition parties should not result in the withdrawal of people’s rights.
Similarly, Skanthy Gbordor linked the investigation to the colour of Blord’s traditional cap, suggesting that the reaction might have been different if he had worn an APC-branded cap.
However, another user, Man Of Vawulence, took a swipe at the businessman, making a sarcastic reference to an apartment in Kuje, Abuja, which he claimed Blord had used the previous year.
The investigation comes amid President Bola Tinubu’s November 2025 directive ordering the withdrawal of police officers attached to Very Important Persons (VIPs) and their redeployment to regular policing duties.
Under the directive, individuals requiring personal protection were to be assigned armed personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps instead of police officers.
While the police have described the escort arrangement as unlawful, the circumstances under which the officers were deployed remain subject to investigation.
