From Geoffrey Anyanwu, Awka
Anambra State Police Command has arrested three police officers over the murder of a driver, Nonso Uchenwoke, at Okpoko in Ogbaru Local Government of the state.
The Command has also removed from office the Divisional Police Officer(DPO) and the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) of the station.
State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hosea Karma, who disclosed this in Awka yesterday, said the DPO and the DCO were removed from their duty posts in order to allow free flow of investigation on the matter.
He said three junior officers, including a lady were detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Awka.
Karma insisted that the police officers must be made to face the full wrath of the law if found guilty.
He said: “We are not going to shield anybody. Anybody who through his conduct violates the law or veer off from his professional training should be prepared to face the law.”
Condemning the action of the police officers, he said the deceased was arrested at 9pm over assault matter. “No law says you must not fail to arrest an offender. The policemen should have retreated when the victim resisted arrest, because by insisting on the arrest of the victim that night, the officers put his life at risk.”