The investigative team set up by the Inspector General of Police Usman Baba Alkali to probe allegations of extra judicial killings in Anambra state began sitting on Tuesday.
This was just as the panel called tor credible evidence that would assist the panel to unravel issues around allegations leveled against top officials of the state command and the Zone 13 of the police.
“The Special Investigation Panel investigating the allegations of extra-judicial killings, extortion, unprofessionalism, and highhandedness against Police Officers of the Anambra State Command and Zone 13 Ukpo-Dunukofia has commenced a full-scale investigation into the allegations as investigators have moved to scenes and sites for on-the-spot-assessment. The team has however been tasked to harness all available means and spread its tentacles towards ensuring that all information received via the channels made available to the public is properly examined to assist the investigations, subsequent report of findings,and recommendations,” the Force headquarters said
IGP had last week set up the panel to look into the allegations of extra-judicial killings in the state.
Announcing the commencement of the investigations, the force PPRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement on Tuesday said the panel had been tasked to harness all available means and spread its tentacles towards ensuring that all information received via the channels made available to the public is properly examined to assist the investigations, subsequent report of findings,and recommendations.
‘The Nigeria Police Force wishes to disabuse the minds of well-meaning members of the public and all interested stakeholders that the panel comprising respected and thoroughbred officers including officers of the IGP Monitoring Unit reports directly to the Inspector-General of Police, and shall discharge the responsibility professionally and ensure justice,” he said
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According to him, the Anambra RRS, Awkuzu, will be reorganized and sanitized to suit the present ideologies and administrative styles of the Force leadership in conformity with international best practices.
“This sanitization will be equally extended to other tactical squads across the NPF.
“Furthermore, it is imperative to clear the air that the officers fingered in the trending allegation were never arrested or detained. Rather, they were summoned to the Force Headquarters for interrogation in order to have a clue on the trending allegations.
Due to the denial of the allegations raised by a blogger, the Inspector-General of Police then set in motion the process for diligent investigations.
“It is, however, crucial to state that this process/development will not in any way truncate the current conscientious investigation into the allegations as many aggrieved persons have reached out to the panel for more deliberations and information sharing,” the Force PPRO stressed