Police
officers who were accused of maltreating a suspect and even chaining him to a
generator, have been
nabbed.
Three
policemen attached to Bariga Division in Lagos have been arrested for allegedly
chaining a man to a generator, The Nation reports.
The state
Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, said the cops are currently facing orderly
room trial at the command headquarters in Ikeja and would get appropriate
sanctions.
He said the
errant cops arrested the victim on July 16.
Rather than
treat him in accordance with the rules, they chained him to a power generating
set at the station.
Fortunately,
a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), who was on a routine inspection at the
station, discovered the dehumanising act and ordered the three officers
arrested.
Owoseni, who
frowned at unprofessional conducts by some policemen, assured the public that
the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on
international best practices for policing, would be respected.
He
said: “In view of the desire by the IGP to sanitize the force, the three
policemen involved in the act are being tried and adequate disciplinary actions
would be taken against them at the end of the trial. The Policemen had arrested
a man for committing an offence along Bariga road. They took him to the station
where he was handcuffed to a generator.
“The command
frowns at any case of misconduct against any of its men. Policemen are advised
to operate within the ambit of their guidelines. Anyone found wanting in the
discharge of his duty would be made to face the wrath of the law.
“People who
feel their rights have been trampled on should approach the various platforms
for compliant and desist from self- help.”
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