The Delta State Police Command has commenced an investigation into an incident where policemen allegedly slapped and shot at the Student Union Governmentโs President of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Eruru Christian, over N500 โsettlement.โ
According to the videos shared by an X.com user, #ChuksEricE, the SUG president was allegedly approached by police officers who demanded that he โsettledโ them with N500.
He was however reportedly threatened and physically assaulted when he refused to comply.
In one of the videos, the SUG president was heard saying, โYou slapped me because I refused to settle you. You will see what you have never seen in your life before. Ogwashi-Uku divisional police slapped me, SUG president because I refused to settle them in my vehicleโฆ because I refused to give him N500.โ
โThey are running inside the bush, look at them, criminals. They are threatening to shoot me, SUG president. Look at you, criminals. The whole world is going to see you,โ he said in another video as a policeman stepped out of the vehicle and fired a shot in the air.
In response to the allegations, the commandโs spokesperson, SP Edafe Bright, acknowledged that an investigation into the incident had been launched and added that the officer accused of assaulting the SUG president had been detained.
Edafe wrote on X.com on Monday, โWhile we are looking into this incident, his allegations of them asking for #500 remains an allegation and we are looking into it. He said they hit him, thatโs also wrong and the officer is presently detained. The SUG president alleged that he was slapped, that is also being looked into.โ
The PPRO, however, stated that the conduct of the SUG president in calling the police โcriminalsโ and โthievesโ should not be encouraged, particularly because the officers were deployed to the area due to ongoing kidnapping concerns.
Edafe wrote, โWe should not encourage the behaviour of the SUG president being so hostile to policemen deployed because of the kidnapping complaints in that area.
โCalling policemen on their lawful duty criminals and thieves is wrong. He called the police criminals and thief even after they had left him. This too should be discouraged. The command is looking into the incident, the police shooting was wrong.โ
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