The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Leye Oyebade, said on
Monday that the force had dismissed Police Corporal Iroh Orji, for
shooting two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at
Aba.
Oyebade said this while addressing newsmen on the activities of
the command.
He said that Orji was tried and found guilty of the offence and
had to be dismissed from the police.
He said that “the command and the police hierarchy condemned the
action of the corporal,” describing his action as a negation of the
laid down rules of the force.
He said, “Police do not advise its members to use their arms and
ammunition recklessly.
“Any armed police officer is expected to protect people not to
shoot at them,” he said.
The corporal, who was an orderly to the Speaker of the Abia
House of Assembly, Mr Chikwendu Kalu, reportedly allegedly shot at
the FRSC officials at their duty post on July 15.
The incident took place at Arungwa Junction (near Aba) on the
Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway.
It was learnt that Orji accompanied the speakers’s wife,
Victoria, on a trip to Aba when the FRSC men flagged down their
vehicle, alleging that she (Victoria) did not fasten her seat
belt.
It was further gathered that Orji shot at the men during an
argument that ensued, when the FRSC men insisted on booking them
for seat belt violation.
Oyebade regretted the incident, saying that it was capable of
causing disaffection between the police and other sister security
agencies.
“All the security agencies in the state have been working in
synergy with one another.
“Regrettably, this type of ugly incident is capable of bringing
us at loggerheads with other agencies and it will not be healthy
for our operations,” he said.
NAN reports that 29 suspects were arrested for various criminal
offences, including armed robbery, kidnapping, child trafficking
and car snatching.
Oyebade said that they would be prosecuted at the end of the
investigation.
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Leye Oyebade, said on
Monday that the force had dismissed Police Corporal Iroh Orji, for
shooting two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at
Aba.
Oyebade said this while addressing newsmen on the activities of
the command.
He said that Orji was tried and found guilty of the offence and
had to be dismissed from the police.
He said that “the command and the police hierarchy condemned the
action of the corporal,” describing his action as a negation of the
laid down rules of the force.
He said, “Police do not advise its members to use their arms and
ammunition recklessly.
“Any armed police officer is expected to protect people not to
shoot at them,” he said.
The corporal, who was an orderly to the Speaker of the Abia
House of Assembly, Mr Chikwendu Kalu, reportedly allegedly shot at
the FRSC officials at their duty post on July 15.
The incident took place at Arungwa Junction (near Aba) on the
Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway.
It was learnt that Orji accompanied the speakers’s wife,
Victoria, on a trip to Aba when the FRSC men flagged down their
vehicle, alleging that she (Victoria) did not fasten her seat
belt.
It was further gathered that Orji shot at the men during an
argument that ensued, when the FRSC men insisted on booking them
for seat belt violation.
Oyebade regretted the incident, saying that it was capable of
causing disaffection between the police and other sister security
agencies.
“All the security agencies in the state have been working in
synergy with one another.
“Regrettably, this type of ugly incident is capable of bringing
us at loggerheads with other agencies and it will not be healthy
for our operations,” he said.
NAN reports that 29 suspects were arrested for various criminal
offences, including armed robbery, kidnapping, child trafficking
and car snatching.
Oyebade said that they would be prosecuted at the end of the
investigation.
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