The Nigeria Police Force has arrested, disarmed and detained the bribe-seeking police officer seen in a viral video that was shared by a Twitter user @YemieFASH on Saturday, May 1.
The video showed the officer asking for a bribe from a man who he stopped for driving without a tint permit. Read here.
In a tweet posted on its handle, the Police complaint unit said the erring officer has been arrested.
The officer who was seen in this viral video behaving in an unprofessional and corrupt manner, has been identified, arrested, disarmed and detained for further investigation and disciplinary action. Ekiti PPRO.
Rivers State Police Command has launched a manhunt for the suspected killers of a police Inspector in the state.
A 17-man gang had on Sunday night launched a surprise attack on policemen from Borikiri Division in Port-Harcourt and killed the police officer.
The gunmen also injured a few other officers and took away their rifles.
The command’s spokesman, Nnamdi Omoni, who disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday, said the state’s Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, has ordered all tactical units in the state to arrest the perpetrators of the heinous crime.
He said: “I can confirm the unfortunate and mindless attack last night on our personnel from Borikiri Division, posted on a Pin-Down Point at Capt Amangala Junction, Borikiri Port Harcourt.
“While on duty, unknown gunmen numbering about 17 launched a surprise attack on them, leading to the death of a police Inspector, while others sustained gunshot wounds.
“The police patrol vehicle belonging to the team was riddled with bullet holes. The corpse of the late Inspector has been evacuated and deposited in the mortuary for autopsy.
“In the meantime, the CP has ordered a serious manhunt for the perpetrators, with the marching order to all the tactical units to identify and apprehend them without delay. The area is under close monitoring.”
A former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has decried the deployment of police officers to guard politicians and other influential people in the country.
Arase, according to a statement issued at the second edition of the national dialogue series of the Political Leadership and Training Institute (POLA), held in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday.
He attributed the challenges facing the police to lack of political will to implement the recommendations of past reforms on the force.
The ex-IGP said: “We have about 400,000 police personnel in Nigeria, and 200,000 of those officers are with the political elites. What we are doing in this country is that we are policing the elites. We are not policing security spaces and this is an issue we have to look into.
“Nigeria has had at least four police reforms from committees set up by past leaders but unfortunately, none of the reports of the reforms has been implemented. The reports are just there gathering dust.”
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