CP REVEALS WHY POLICE ARREST INDISCRIMINATELY IN IMO
NEWS - Posted on: 9th Jun. 2021 at 9:14PM
Abutu Yaro, the Imo State Commissioner of Police has on Wednesday revealed the reason why the indiscriminate arrest on the state citizens by the police force are occurring.
The Commissioner noted this while hosting the Orlu branch Nigerian Bar Association members at the police headquarters in the state capital, Owerri, noting that the Easter jailbreak at the Owerri Correctional Centre was the root of massive insecurity in the state.
The Commissioner said, “People have raised concern about the incessant arrests in the state, but what people do not know is that incessant crimes lead to incessant arrests. In the last few months, Imo has been tagged an emergency or red flag state but we must work hard to restore peace and confidence in the state.
"As professionals, we must work together to improve our criminal justice system. We are doing the mop-up; we have a law that empowers us to do that. The situation in the state requires collaborative efforts from everybody to end it. The businesses here are suffering. Let us embark on practical engagement with the police on the need to restore sanity in the state.
“We are not unaware that political enterprise is part of the crisis situation in Imo State. The Insecurity in Imo State has a political undertone. In the last 48 hours, the house of the state Commissioner of Information was destroyed. Someone somewhere told them to do that simply because he( Commissioner) is serving Imo State Government.”
By Mary Abazuo
Abutu Yaro, the Imo State Commissioner of Police has on Wednesday revealed the reason why the indiscriminate arrest on the state citizens by the police force are occurring.The Commissioner noted this while hosting the Orlu branch Nigerian Bar Association members at the police headquarters in the state capital, Owerri, noting that the Easter jailbreak at the Owerri Correctional Centre was the root of massive insecurity in the state.
The Commissioner said, “People have raised concern about the incessant arrests in the state, but what people do not know is that incessant crimes lead to incessant arrests. In the last few months, Imo has been tagged an emergency or red flag state but we must work hard to restore peace and confidence in the state.
"As professionals, we must work together to improve our criminal justice system. We are doing the mop-up; we have a law that empowers us to do that. The situation in the state requires collaborative efforts from everybody to end it. The businesses here are suffering. Let us embark on practical engagement with the police on the need to restore sanity in the state.
“We are not unaware that political enterprise is part of the crisis situation in Imo State. The Insecurity in Imo State has a political undertone. In the last 48 hours, the house of the state Commissioner of Information was destroyed. Someone somewhere told them to do that simply because he( Commissioner) is serving Imo State Government.”
By Mary Abazuo
Posted by: Mary Abazuo
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