Why can dreadlocks or tattoos lead to police arrest in Nigeria?

In Nigeria, young men with dreadlocks or tattoos risk arrest by police who accuse them of looking like armed robbers, cultists or internet fraudsters - we hear from some men who claim they have been harassed.

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