‘I will clear everybody’ – Police detain personnel over alleged social media threat

Anambra Police Command says an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, has been held successful its custody implicit an alleged societal media menace to sprout immoderate subordinate of the nationalist who records him portion connected duty.

The Police Public Relations Officer successful the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this successful a connection issued successful Awka and made disposable to newsmen connected Friday.

The connection work successful part: “The constabulary privation to code the nationalist connected a video presently circulating connected societal media, successful which a constabulary serviceman was seen threatening unit and engaging successful behaviour unbecoming of a subordinate of the Nigeria Police.

“Following a reappraisal of the video, the bid identified and arrested the serviceman involved. The serviceman is an Assistant Superintendent of Police serving successful the command.”

Ikenga added that successful enactment with the disciplinary standards and ethical codification of the Nigeria Police, interior disciplinary proceedings person been activated against the officer.

He added that, arsenic portion of the ongoing investigation, the serviceman had been subjected to cause tests to assistance the bid successful establishing each the surrounding circumstances a...