Elections Violence: IG-P Orders Immediate Prosecution Of Perpetrators Of Bayelsa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 25, 2019
The acting Inspector-General of Police, MohammedAdamu, has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of perpetrators ofalleged violence against a senior police officer on Sunday in Bayelsa state.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge ofFederal SARS in the state, Kola Okunola, was on Sunday allegedly taken hostageand stripped naked by thugs suspected to be sponsored by one of the politicalparties.
Okunola was held for allegedly refusing to appendhis signature on fake results sheet.
A statement issued by the Force Spokesman, Frank Mba,on Monday in Abuja, said that those involved would be prosecuted, no mattertheir positions.
The Police boss, who described the incident asunwarranted and unprovoked, warned that under his watch, such brazen acts of impunitywould not be condoned.
In a related development, the police have arrestedfive male suspects in Umuahia, Abia, for allegedly attacking a DeputySuperintendent of Police on election duty.