By Ibe Pascal
The Imo State Police Command has commenced an orderly room trial of the police officers who were caught in a video flogging and assaulting two men in Owerri, Imo State on Thursday.
Recall that after Crimefacts.news reported how some policemen assaulted two youths with cutlass at Uratta in Owerri on Thursday, the Imo State commissioner of police, Mohammed Barde has directed an orderly room trial on the erring officers on last Friday.
The men include;
1. Inspector Amadi Sunday (The Team Leader)
2. Inspector Amajuo Charles
3. Sgt Noachian Chinese
4. Sgt Onwuka Emmanuel
5. Cpl Nzewuodo Goodness
6. Pc Emmanuel Chmezie.
However, it was gathered that the assaulted youths hace been freed as Imo police continue Investigations.
On Wednesday, the Imo police spokesperson, Henry Okoye, confirmed that full orderly room trial has began on the six erring officers.
Okoye said that the outcome of the matter will be communicated to the public in due course.
The police statement last Friday reads, “Upon diligent observation of this viral obscene video, the officers were identified to be a detachment of one of the Command’s Tactical teams comprising of six (6) Police Officers led by Inspector Sunday Amadi who unfortunately was seen in the video assaulting the two youths with a cutlass.
“They have been defaulted for Discreditable/Unprofessional Conduct, Improper Dressing, Incivility to and Assaulting the two youths with a ‘Cutlass’ which is not one of Police accoutrement.
Speaking further, “While investigation continues, The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde PSC(+) , who is a disciplinarian and defender of fundamental human right has ordered that prompt Orderly Room Trial should commence against the erring officers and that necessary disciplinary actions be taken if found guilty.
“Members of the public are advised to remain calm as further development on the orderly room trial and disciplinary actions will be communicated back to them.
BACKGROUND
Crimefacts news had reported how some policemen in Imo State assaulted two youths with cutlass for refusing them access to their phones.
The incident is coming about two days after the police arraigned an officer who allegedly killed a man in Delta State over his refusal to give N100 bribe.
According to a video that has gone viral on social media, the armed police officers were filmed using a machete to smack two unidentified people in Imo State.
In the 45 seconds clip, five officers are seen assaulting the two people in an open space while a sixth officer pulled out a machete from a parked SUV believed to be a police operational vehicle.
The sixth officer is captured in the video, smacking the two people multiple times with the machete.
“Which kind country be dis?” said a background voice in the video.
“Omo, see as him dey cut-am with cutlass! Which kind nonsense be dis?
“See wetin police dey do for Owerri”.
A Twitter user who posted the video on 20 April on the microblogging site said the victims are students of the Imo State University who refused to allow the officers search their phone.
