Policeman In Viral Assault Video To Be Arrested

On Monday, Okon Effiong, the commissioner of police for Rivers State, issued an order for the immediate arrest of an anonymous police officer who had been captured on camera attacking an unnamed driver at Elibrade Junction in the state’s Emohua Local Government Area.

Fidel Info reports that the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said in a statement that, “The policeman has been arrested and now in detention.

“Two of them (operatives) were seen in the viral video. The one that used the whip on the man has been arrested.”

The police officer was seen in the popular video on social media using a stick while holding a rifle in his left hand to beat a driver who was riding with a woman. The policeman struck the victim with the stick, then slapped him again in the face while yelling at him to get in his car.

Iringe-Koko, the state’s police public relations officer, had earlier stated that the commissioner of police had reassured the public that the police officers would be looked into, and that the proper consequences would be applied afterward.

“Following the identification of the policemen shown in a viral video harassing and assaulting an unidentified man at Elibrade Junction, Emohua, the Rivers State Command Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, has ordered the immediate arrest of the officers.”

“As a defender of human rights, the CP assures members of the public that the police officers will be investigated in line with extant rules underlying the conduct of police personnel; and appropriate sanctions meted out, accordingly.”

“The command further assures the good people of Rivers State of its unalloyed commitment to promoting the rule of law. People are enjoined to report cases of human rights abuse and infractions through the following numbers in the public domain.”