Police brutality: Edo Police Command arrests, disciplines operatives for harassing the public

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a team of its operatives made up of an Inspector and three others who were involved in an unprofessional conduct and incivility against two young men as seen in a viral video, have been identified, arrested and subsequently defaulted.

According to a statement by SP Kontongs Bello, the PPRO of the Command said: “The Commissioner of Police(CP) Philip Ogbadu frowns and unreservedly condemns the act and has ordered a full scale investigation and assuring that the outcome of the investigation would be carried out to the latter and as well communicated to the public without reservation.

“The CP further assures members of the public of their safety and employs them to make it duty bound to always report unwholesome/unprofessional conduct of personnel of the command.”