Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Lawal Abubakar, has ordered an investigation into a viral report that an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Mr Oluseyi Okenla, physically assaulted Sgt. Helen Onoja.
Helen, a nursing mother was also detained for several hours on the order of the senior police officer.
A policeman who witnessed the incident said Okenla and his orderly publicly beat Helen in front of the area command office in Enugu.
“The Commissioner has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department to conduct a thorough and conclusive investigation into the story of this physical assault”, said ASP Daniel Ndukwe, the command’s PRO.
“The investigation will help establish the facts surrounding the allegations and apportioning appropriate disciplinary sanctions on whoever is found culpable,” Ndukwe said.
The police spokesman said that the commissioner had reassured the general public that no stone would be left unturned in getting to the root of the matter and meting out appropriate sanctions.
He noted that the Nigeria Police remained a regimented and disciplined agency that would stop at nothing to subject its personnel (male or female, or of senior or junior rank) to extant disciplinary codes, processes and punishments whenever they erred.
