The commissioner of police in Imo State, Aboki Danjuma, has ordered the arrest and detention of an unnamed policeman accused of assaulting a nursing mother, identified as Mrs Ogechi Eze and her kids.
The woman revealed the accusation against the policeman in a viral video.
The spokesperson of the Imo State Police Command, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday.
According to him, “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.
“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 encouraged Mrs Ogechi to report at the Police Public Relations Department, Command Headquarters, Owerri to assist in identifying the officers in the ongoing investigation.
Danjuma reaffirmed 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.
He stressed that the command 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.
The CP said “further development on this case will be communicated to the general public in due course.”
