Ebonyi CP warns officers against rights violation, corrupt practices

The Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police, CP Hope Urunwa Okafor, has cautioned officers of the Command against detaining suspects beyond the legally stipulated period, stressing the request to uphold the dignity and cardinal rights of each persons successful custody.

Okafor gave the informing during a strategical briefing with Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), Heads of Departments and different elder officers successful Abakaliki, the authorities capital.

A connection signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Joshua Ukandu, disclosed that the commissioner besides warned against constabulary interference successful civilian matters, peculiarly onshore disputes.

She conveyed the concerns of the Inspector-General of Police implicit the Force’s nationalist image, emphasizing the urgent request for professionalism that inspires nationalist spot and confidence.

The CP expressly prohibited the profiling of citizens based connected appearance, arsenic good arsenic indiscriminate searching of idiosyncratic devices specified arsenic mobile phones and different gadgets.

She urged officers to align with the imaginativeness of the IGP aimed astatine repositioning the Nigeria Police Force and improv...