12/04/2023
Assault: Police to begin trial of Rivers State.
The Nigeria Police Force has revealed the identities of three policemen involved in the assault on a motorists in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Sunday.
It said the three policemen, who were identified as Inspector Adejoh Siaka, Inspector Friday Obaka, and Sergeant Ndiwa Kpuebari, would soon face trial.
This was as FHQ also announced the arrest of Sergeants Abdullahi Badamasi, Isah Danladi, and Inspector Dahiru Shuaibu, the caught in a viral video firing into thin air in Kano State.
The PUNCH had reported on Monday that the FHQ ordered the arrest of the Rivers officers seen in a viral video assaulting a male motorist.
In the video, one of the officers was seen assaulting a man with a stick before slapping him repeatedly and subsequently forcing him to enter a vehicle.
One other officer forcefully pushed other passengers to their car and cocked his gun, in an incident that happened on Sunday at Emouha Junction, East/West Road in Port Harcourt.
However, following public outcry, the police authority condemned the action of the policemen, adding that their conduct doesn’t represent the character of the NPF nor the practice in the Force.
Parading them at the FHQ on Tuesday, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, gave their names as Inspector Adejoh Siaka, Inspector Friday Obaka, and Sergeant Ndiwa Kpuebari
Adejobi, who posted a picture of the three policemen on his Twitter handle, on Tuesday, wrote: “Inspector Adejoh Siaka, Inspector Friday Obaka, and Sgt. Ndiwa Kpuebari from Rivers State. These are the men who slapped a man on the road in Rivers.
“They reported at the Force Headquarters today.
Credit: Punch