The Kogi State Police Command has commenced investigations into a trending video, where police personnel attached to the Adogo Division, while on patrol duty along Adogo-Okene Road, reportedly 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.
In a statement signed and released by the state PPRO, DSP William Ovye Aya, he stated that 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 statement identifies the officers as ASP Isah Barnabas, Inspector Ifediegwu Godwin, Sgt Emmanuel Ochima and CPL Umameh Mathias who physically assaulted one of the travellers.
“The Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) has been issued an official query while the three (3) other junior officers are currently undergoing orderly room trial (Police internal disciplinary actions).
“The CP further noted that the Command is doing its best to establish contact with the victims. He enjoined the victims to reach out to the Command thorough 08107899269,” the statement read in part.
He, however, assured that any of the officers found wanting in the investigations would be dealt with accordingly.
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