The Anambra State Police Command on Thursday disclosed that it has apprehended the officers who allegedly stole the mobile phones of residents in a community in Otuocha Local Government Area of the state.
In a video that circulated on Wednesday, a resident had narrated how police officers from the Otuocha Police Division invaded their houses and forcefully took away mobile sets people were charging.
He said the heavily armed police officers invaded the locations in a commando-like style, on Tuesday, unplugged the cellphones from the socket one by one and carted them away for no reason.
Reacting to the development in a statement on Thursday, the Anambra State Police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the command has identified the officers involved in the act.
The Public Relations Officer called on the victims whose telephones were forcefully taken to come forward to help facilitate the necessary action involved in the investigation.
Ikenga said; “Anambra State Police Command has intercepted a video of a protest against police action and wishes to state that the police team and the officers mentioned in the video have been identified.
“The Command also invites the victims to come forward to help facilitate the necessary action involved in the investigation.
“To this end, the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, calls for calm and urges citizens to utilise the channels of the complaint against police officers rather than being unruly as seen in the video blocking the express road, thereby infringing on the fundamental rights of others which is the very course citizens want to protect.
“We seek for Police that is civil and professional in discharging their duties. Aggrieved residents should make use of police complaint channels to express any grievances.
“These channels include the CP Monitoring Unit of Command CMU, the Police X-Squad under the State Criminal Investigation Department Police Complaints Bureau or the newly resuscitated Complaint Response Unit under the Police Public Relations Department Awka.
“You can call the Command Control Room at 07039194332 or the Police Public Relations Officer at 08039334002 in the event of any distress. Also download the ‘NPF Rescue Me App’, usable on Android and Apple iOS phones, to make reports. Further details shall be communicated, please.”
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