Imo state police comand denies assaulting NSCDC officers, shares its personal aspect of what transpired

The NSCDC commandant within the state had earlier granted a press briefing the place he alleged that some law enforcement officials forcefully took him to their workplace and assaulted him after his safety particulars challenged an officer who was blocking his convoy on Sunday, April 24.

In an announcement launched in the present day April 26, the spokesperson of the Imo state police command, CSP Michael Abattam, denied the allegation, saying it was the NSCDC officers that assaulted a police officer unjustly and detained him for no purpose.

The assertion reads

”The eye of the Imo State Police Command has been drawn to a information making rounds on social media captioned “Police Assault Civil Defence Personnel in Imo State”. It’s most unlucky that, some information media will publish tales with out confirming similar to determine the true details of the story.

The Command view this with all seriousness and sees it as a calculated try and dent the strong synergy the Command is having fun with with different Safety Companies within the state for the reason that assumption of workplace by the Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde, psc+.

The true details of the incident that occurred on the 25/4/2022 at about 1630 hours, within the Civil Protection Corps Workplace, was that on 24/4/2022 at about 2010 hours, a Police Superintendent Ezenwanne Nonso, a Cell Police Officer and the Armament Officer of No. 18 Cell Police Drive, Owerri,  was driving in his automotive heading to Imo Police Command Headquarters on an project, on reaching Management Put up Spherical About, there was a heavy visitors Jam, the place drivers have been making an attempt to maneuver their autos to free themselves from the visitors.  Whereas the officer was making an attempt to make method for himself, the Civil Defence Personnel who alighted from his rear, hit the Police Officer’s automobile violently, shouting and ordering him to take away his automobile from the street. He replied the Civil Defence Officer that he’s equally making an attempt to see how he can free himself from the visitors, just for the Civil Defence Officer to slap him onerous on his face calling him a silly man. At that time he alighted from his automobile, introducing himself as a Police Superintendent serving at Police Mobil Base, Owerri. It was as if he angered him the extra and he gave him one other slap and others joined in beating him. The police officer then introduced out his telephone to place a name to his Commanding Officer however they seized the telephone, rushed into their automobile and zoomed off.

The police officer needed to handle and adopted them to their workplace. On getting there, he demanded for his telephone, however they refused slightly they dragged him into their workplace, beat him up and seized his service pistol. After a lot torture, he was locked up of their cell not minding his plea to name his Commanding Officer. The officer slept within the cell until the subsequent day.

For the delicate workplace the officer is holding, his disappearance grew to become alarming to each workplace within the Base and so they have been suspecting kidnapping. Therefore, a search occasion was organized. When all efforts made to hint his whereabout proved abortive, his telephone was tracked and the end result led the crew to the Civil Defence Headquarters Owerri.

On arrival, the crew of Policemen made inquiries to verify if there was any Police officer detained of their custody. The Civil Defence Personnel grew to become hostile, ordering them to depart or they may shoot them. When the Police insisted, they began taking pictures into the air. The Cell Police Officers sensing hazard, professionally used minimal power to defend themselves through the use of teargas. Therefore, the Civil Defence Personnel scampered for security and within the course of the Police Superintendent was rescued gallantly from their custody leaving no one harm or injured.

It’s pertinent to say right here that within the ethics of the Drive, each time any member of the Drive is arrested by any Safety Company, it’s obligatory that the arrested personnel’s workplace is instantly knowledgeable, which is the usual observe.

It’s laughable {that a} very Senior Police Officer of the rank of a Superintendent was arrested and detained for over Twenty-4 (24) hours by the Civil Defence Corps, Imo Command and the Commandant by no means deemed it needed to tell the Commissioner of Police as required by legislation, moreso, when the sufferer pleaded for them to permit him put a name to his Commanding Officer or the Commissioner of Police.

In the meantime, the officer is presently on admission on the Police Medical Centre, Amakohia.

The Commissioner of Police, Imo Command, CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde, psc+ whereas commending Imolites for his or her unalloyed help, pleaded for calm and appealed to Imolites go about their lawful companies with out worry of harassment. He then directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of State Legal Investigation Division (SCIID) to start detailed investigation into the distant reason behind the incident, promising that, on the conclusion of investigation the end result might be made public.”