The Rivers State
Police Command has withdrawn all its personnel attached to the state task force
on road decongestion, illegal street trading and motor parks set up by Governor
Nyesom Wike.
The officers were
withdrawn after the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, led
other senior officers and men to visit the family of the late female police
Sergeant, Lovender Elekwachi, who was shot dead on duty at Eneka in Obio-Akpor
Local Government Area of the state.
Spokesman of the
Command, DSP Nnamdi Omoni confirmed the development in an interview with
newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Moscow road Port Harcourt.
Omoni said the
withdrawal will enable the Commissioner of police to adequately review the
deployment before deploying any officer to such operation to avoid a repeat of
what led to the untimely killing of the female police Sergeant.
All personnel who were initially deployed to enforce the congestion of
road, illegal street trading and motor parks have already returned to the
command.
Earlier, the
Commissioner of Police in Rivers state, while addressing the immediate family
of the police officer and traditional rulers in Ozuzu Clan in Etche Local
Government Area of the state, disclosed that investigation has been concluded
against the officer who pulled the trigger.
CP Mukan also said
the officer, Bitrus Osaiah, has been dismissed from Service and will be
arraigned in court without further delay.
“All lawful
procedures were followed, and we have concluded our investigations. We gave him
an orderly room trial, and we found him culpable and dismissed him. You know we
cannot charge him to court without him being dismissed.
“The investigation
was carried out by the State Criminal Investigation Department, and they have
found him guilty. We have done our part so it is now left for the court to
determine what happens to him,” CP Mukan said.
Tragedy occurred in
Rivers State, on April 22, 2020, when a female police sergeant was shot dead by
another officer.
A statement from the
police spokesperson in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, identified the victim as
Lovender Elekwachi, who was serving at Eneka Police Division, Port Harcourt.
She was shot while
on traffic duties at the Eneka roundabout.
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