Enugu.
An Assistant Superintendent of Police(ASP),(name witheld) in Enugu state has allegedly sexually assaulted a teenager in custody.
The Police Public Relations Officer ,PPRO, for the Enugu State Police Command,DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement in Enugu on Saturday.
The Police image maker said the senior police officer, serving at the Awgu Police Division in Enugu State, allegedly committed the offence on March 18, 2022, but that the family of the victim (17) only reported the case recently.
He said consequent on the allegation,the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Command, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered investigation into the matter.
Ndukwe further disclosed that the commissioner of police ordered the state Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department(,CIID) to conduct a thorough investigation and bring up actionable findings on the allegation.
He said:“The commissioner further directed that the investigation be concluded within the shortest time possible.
“He assured that the case would be given the deserved attention and that the ASP or any other person or persons found culpable, would be appropriately sanctioned.”
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
