POLICE OFFICERS IN VIRAL ASSAULT VIDEO ARRESTED, KOGI COMMAND COMMENCES INVESTIGATIONS
The Nigeria Police Force, Kogi State Command has commenced investigations into a trending video where a personnel attached to Adogo Division, while on patrol duty along Adogo-Okene road, allegedly extorted the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand Naira (N25,000) from a traveller while another was physically assaulted by one of the men in uniform.
The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, CP Idrisu Dauda Dabban while condemning the incident, noted that the Police officers have been identified and detained at the State Criminal Investigations Department.
The officers are: ASP Isah Barnabas, Inspector Ifediegwu Godwin, Sgt Emmanuel Ochima and CPL Umameh Mathias, the personnel who was seen physically assaulting one of the travellers in the viral video.
The CP announced that the Assistant Superintendent of Police has been officially queried while the three other junior officers are currently undergoing an orderly room trial.
He also noted that the Command has intensified efforts geared towards establishing contacts with the victims. He called on the victims to reach out to the nearest Police faciliies across the country, wherever they are for positive identification and possible compensation.
He assured the general public to keep their faith with the Force and promised that any of the officers found guilty after investigations would face the wrath of the law accordingly.
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