A police officer was filmed assaulting a young man in Port Harcourt.

In the viral video, the gun-totting officer is seen using a cane to flog the man.

“Why are you flogging me? Did I steal?” the man asks the officer in pidgin English.

The man then collects the cane from the officer who then proceeds to slap him twice on the face and orders him to walk to his car.

A second police officer is seen rough handling the man’s female companion.

Viewers have expressed outrage after watching the video and are questioning why police brutality has not abated.