Police deny collecting N700,000 to release detained suspects in Ebonyi

The Ebonyi State Police Command has debunked allegations that it received N700,000 to unafraid the merchandise of a detained suspect.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Joshua Ukandu, disclosed this successful a connection issued successful Abakaliki connected Tuesday.

The bid said it was alert of societal media posts by 1 Mr Justice Ozobi, who alleged that the Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi State Command, ordered the postulation of N700,000 each from six antithetic families for the merchandise of their sons.

“Ordinarily, the Command would person ignored the post, which is riddled with typographical errors, incoherent assertions, and a glaring deficiency of factual accuracy.

“The representation utilized successful the station is that of the long-retired erstwhile Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi State Command, further demonstrating the author’s evident deficiency of basal probe and owed diligence earlier publishing specified a superior allegation,” the connection said.

According to the statement, “in the involvement of clarity and to forestall the nationalist from being misled, the Command wishes to authorities categorically that the allegation is fal...