Police orders immediate arrest of officers flogging man with stick in viral video

<p>The suspect said when he got to the man’s house in Kano, he met so many girls that were being processed for the journey to Libya.</p>, <p>Noting that the applied force has amounted to unprofessional conduct, Adeh disclosed “the officers involved have been duly noted for sanction”.</p>, <p>“They have no regard for elders and leaders…They obstruct policemen or vigilante members from arresting any suspect when the need arises,” Adeh said.</p>, <p>She noted that as a defender of human rights, the CP also assured members of the public, that the Police Officers will be investigated in line with extant rules underlying the conduct of police personnel, stressing that appropriate sanctions would be meted accordingly.</p>, <p>The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Okon O Effiong has ordered the immediate arrest of officers sighted in viral video, assaulting a yet-to-be identified young man.</p>, <p>The suspects were accused of intimidation, attack, assault and robbery, as well as consumption and peddling of illicit drugs.</p>, <p>According to him, on arrival at the residence of the businessman, the gunmen started shooting sporadically to scare people away.</p>, <p>“The cut-to-suit narrative in the video in circulation was a scene of police officers trying to apply minimum force in restoring order,” she said.</p>, <p>DAILY POST gathered that three of the girls later escaped from Muideen’s den in Kano and got in touch with their parents who reported the matter to the police.</p>, <p>“People are enjoined to report cases of human rights abuse and infractions to the command”, the statement added.</p>, <p>“After taking the food and drinks, the girls slept off and later woke up in Kano State en route to Tripoli, capital of Libya.”</p>, <p>The girls were to be trafficked via the Tripoli corridor in Libya.</p>, <p>On the recorded assault, the PRO said the suspects were violent during arrest and while officers took their statements at the police division in Mabushi.</p>, <p>The gang members were alleged to have on March 30,