The police in Imo State said some of their officers have been arrested for allegedly assaulting five people.
The assault,
captured in a video posted on Twitter and Facebook, showed the officers
flogging the victims, at least two of them women, at a road junction in Orlu,
the second largest city after Owerri, in Imo.
Orlu made
headlines recently because of a deadly military operation in the city caused by
a clash between Nigerian soldiers and some youth believed to be members of the
Eastern Security Network, an indigenous security outfit in South-east Nigeria.
The police
spokesperson in Imo State, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the arrest of the
officers in a statement on Thursday.
The
statement, however, did not mention how many officers were arrested, their
identity or ranks.
Mr Ikeokwu, a
superintendent of police, said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Nasiru
Mohammed, described the action of the officers as “inhuman”, unprofessional and
unacceptable.
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