Police Arrest Two Cops Involved In Assault Of Traveler In Rivers

Police in Rivers State said they have arrested the officers captured in a viral video assaulting a traveler in the state.

The Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko a Superintendent of Police, said arrested persons have already to transferred to the force’s headquarters, Abuja.

It would be recalled that two policemen had weekend assaulted a man before his wife in Rivers State.

The development triggered reactions in the state, as many have called for the prosecution of the officers in the viral video.

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Confirming the development in Port Harcourt, Iringe-Koko, said the policemen involved in the act have been arrested.

Iringe-Koko said two policemen were involved in the act, but that she does not know at the moment of both were sent to Abuja same time.

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She said: “Two people were involved in the act. They have been arrested and taken to Abuja. I don’t know at the moment whether two of them were taken to Abuja.”

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