Policemen Allegedly Beat Up NSCDC Officer In Akure

An officer of the Command of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was beaten up by some policemen in Akure, Ondo State Capital for driving an unregistered vehicle.
It was gathered a free-for-all ensued, thereby disrupting traffic in Ado Junction, along Akure-Owo Expressway.
The incident was said to have occurred at 6pm on Saturday.
It was reported that the NSCDC officer was stopped by the policemen and he was asked for the particulars of the unregistered car he was driving.
There was an argument which led to a fight and the NSCDC officer was said to have been beaten, handcuffed and taken to Ijapo Police.
Commenting on the incident, the State Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC, Mr Kayode Balogun, said the officer, who was identified as Inspector Seun was allegedly assaulted by the police officers of Ijapo Division while coming from Abuja with a
Volkswagen Golf Car on the fateful day.
According to him “Seun, was in uniform, returnimg from Abuja when the policemen at Ado Junction stopped him and asked for the particulars of his car. As he was trying to explain to them why he was yet to get the particulars from a Cooperative Society, through which he bought the car, one of them just slapped him.
“Before he knew what was happening, the rest of them had joined in the beating. After beating him, they tied him to his car with a handcuff, tore his clothes, and detained him at Ijapo Police station” he added
The Spokesman of the State Police Command, Mr Wole Ogodo however said it was the NSCDC officer that first slapped the police officer who demanded for his vehicle particulars .
Ogodo explained that as the NSCDC officer was stopped by the police officer on duty for driving an unregistered vehicle, the policeman requested for his vehicle papers. Instead of introducing himself, he challenged them to a fight.
He said “the Civil Defence officer was on mufti. The policemen did not know him, he was driving an unregistered vehicle and was stopped, and a policeman requested for the particulars of his vehicle, instead of introducing himself gently to the Corporal, he just slapped the Corporal to the extent of tearing his cloths.
“When other policemen on duty got there to settle the matter, he also assaulted them.He was rude to even Senior Officers. That was why he was taken to the police station, having committed an offence,” Ogodo explained .
Meanwhile, top officers of the two security agencies have wadded into the matter.

Source: Vanguard