Nigeria, June 24 -- The police in Imo State, South-east Nigeria, say they have arrested and detained six officers who were filmed assaulting a man in the state.

The police spokesperson in the state, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.

Viral video clip

A video clip recently surfaced on Facebook, which showed at least six armed police officers flogging a yet-to-be-identified man along a road.

Most of the officers were using sticks to assault the man, who fled when he could not bear the pain any longer.

The incident, it was gathered, occurred on Monday in Nduhobokwe, Uzoagba, a community in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo.

In the Wednesday statement, Mr Okoye, a deputy superintendent of police, said the of...