The Nigeria Police Force has launched an investigation into a viral video showing businessman Linus Williams, popularly known as Blord, being escorted by armed police officers.

The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, described the deployment of the officers as unlawful in a statement posted on his official X account on Wednesday.

“Unlawful and illegal. Investigation has commenced into this incident, please. We say #NoToImpunity,” he stated.

The video, shared by Blord on his Instagram page on Tuesday, showed him arriving at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu in a black Cadillac bearing the personalised number plate “B-LORD”.

Dressed in a red-and-white striped traditional cap associated with the Kwankwaso political brand, the businessman was seen alongside armed police officers wearing camouflage uniforms and tactical gear.

The footage also showed the officers accompanying him around the airport and what appeared to be his business premises, with some opening the vehicle door for him.

In the caption accompanying the video, Blord described his return to Enugu as a resumption of business activities, saying he had visited his company’s Enugu branch before returning to Awka. In another Instagram post, he said he had also visited Sabon Gari in Kano State.

The police investigation comes amid a presidential directive ordering the withdrawal of police officers attached to Very Important Persons (VIPs) and their redeployment to regular policing duties.

President Bola Tinubu issued the directive at a security meeting with service chiefs and the Director-General of the Department of State Services in Abuja on November 23, 2025.

According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, VIPs requiring protection would instead be assigned armed personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.

The directive was aimed at strengthening police presence in communities, particularly areas facing security challenges. On December 6, 2025, the police deployed a Special Enforcement Team to monitor compliance, with an initial operation in Lagos reportedly recording no cases of unauthorised police escorts.