... orders immediate arrest of suspected culprits
By Prisca Nguzo
Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma has met with one Mrs. Ogechi Eze, a nursing mother, who had in a viral video on social media alleged that she, her children and aged mother were assaulted by operatives of the Anti kidnapping unit of the state command.
Receiving Mrs. Eze at his office on his invitation on Thursday, CP Danjuma apologized to her over the alleged assault on her and her family members by the accused officers of the command.
He informed her that he has ordered discrete investigation into the matter while assuring her of his readiness to commence disciplinary actions against the concerned operatives if found guilty.
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The CP also used the opportunity to assure her that the command under his watch would never condone any form of indiscipline, corruption, professional misconduct and abuse of human rights from his men.
He added that any officer who compromised on ethics and operational standard of the police force would be dealt with accordingly.
Meanwhile , the command's spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, in a statement earlier availed to newsmen said, "the Imo State Police Command is not unaware of a video making the rounds on social media, in which a nursing mother who identified herself as Mrs. Ogechi Eze, alleged that she and her children were assaulted by operatives of the Command’s Anti kidnapping unit, (Tiger Base) as their operational call-sign and is currently carrying out a comprehensive investigation to ascertain the remote facts of the case.
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"Accordingly, the Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma has ordered the immediate arrest and detention of the alleged officers and tasked the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Command’s X-Squad and Provost to ensure that the alleged officers are sanctioned in accordance with the Force’s extant laws if found culpable."
"The Command, therefore, encourages Mrs Ogechi to report at the Police Public Relations Department, Command Headquarters, Owerri, to assist in identifying the officers in the ongoing investigation."
ASP Okoye continued, "the Commissioner of Police Imo State Command reaffirms that the Command under his watch will never condone any form of unprofessionalism, arrest by proxy, assault, or incivility to members of the Public by its personnel and will not hesitate to take appropriate disciplinary actions against any recalcitrant officer infringing on the fundamental human rights of citizens whom they have the constitutional mandate to serve and protect."
"Further developments on this case will be communicated to the general public in due course." the Command's spokesman added.
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