….As Imo Command Commences Discrete Investigations into Incident
Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Owerri
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP Nasiru Mohammed has condemned the death of a youth (name unknown) in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo state.
This was contained in a statement by the state’s police public relations officer, Orlando Ikeokwu in Owerri on Tuesday.
The CP who described the incident as unfortunate, has called for calm and assures that the perpetrator(s) would not go unpunished.
The CP noted that the Command has commenced discrete investigations into the incident.
Recall that two policemen from the Ihite Uboma Division on investigations activity, took a suspect to her house on investigation, and on reaching the house, her relatives raised an alarm, and some persons in the area came out in their numbers and allegedly attacked the officers.
The officers sustained multiple, serious matchet cut injuries in the attack and currently hospitalized. It was also revealed that in the heat of the attack on the policemen, one of the weapons of the Policemen was accidentally discharged under circumstances yet to be ascertained and a middle-aged man was hit by a bullet. Pursuant to the above, youths of the area, invaded the Police station in Ihitte Uboma community and razed it.
The CP enjoined the people of Ihitte Uboma community not to resort to jungle justice but allow the course of justice to prevail. He condemned the attack on the Police Station and call on the members of the public to remain calm, as the command will leave no stone unturned in its efforts to ensure that justice is done.
