,,,,,clash between police, NDLEA being investigated, Police inspector in custody in kogi.
By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja.
The Kogi State Police Command has commenced investigation into the clash between the Police and NDLEA personnel in Lokoja.
The Commissioner of Police in kogi state, CP Bethrand C.Onuoha, stated this in a statement signed by WILLIAM OVYE AYA,
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,PPRO for the Command and copied The Reporters in Lokoja on Wednesday.
The Commissioner of Police, while condemning the incident, stated that the clash was avoidable, noting that both personnel misunderstood themselves.
“It was revealed that the operatives of NDLEA trailed the woman who turned out to be the wife of an Inspector of Police attached to Area Command Lokoja, to the Car where it was parked in front of Bishop Delisle College,Lokoja, opposite the Area Command Office. The woman was arrested and taken into the NDLEA vehicle.
“Furthermore, while the NDLEA personnel wanted to take away the car, one of the personnel on duty at the gate of the area Command Office challenged them,that the car belonged to his colleague. But unknown to him that the woman was trailed to the car and equally arrested with a package of substance suspected to be Indian hemp.
“Immediately a senior officer intervened and brought normalcy while the woman was taken away by the NDLEA operatives without any incident.
“The Inspector is in custody, he has been defaulted and orderly room trial has commenced,”the police boss said
The Commissioner of Police reiterated the Command’s unwavering commitment to sustain the level of synergy between the Police and other sister security agencies in the State, but advised all, especially the junior ones, to eschew over-zealousness in the course of their duty.
