Anambra Police Arrest Officers Caught In Viral Phone Theft Video

Awka, Anambra State -The Anambra State Police Command has apprehended officers reportedly involved in a widely circulated video showing a phone theft incident in a community within Otuocha Local Government Area of the state.

In a video that circulated on social media on Wednesday, a local resident described how officers from the Otuocha Police Division raided their homes and forcefully confiscated mobile phones that were being charged.

A resident disclosed that some police officers stormed the community on Tuesday in a commando-like style and carted away an undisclosed number of telephones.

The community residents blocked a major road to stage their protest.

Various groups reacted to the incident, with residents calling for an investigation into the actions of the police officers involved.

The Anambra State Police spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the officer’s arrest in a statement on Thursday, noting that the command had identified the officers implicated in the incident.

The statement, “The Anambra State Police Command has intercepted a video of a protest against police action and wishes to state that the police team and the officers mentioned in the video have been identified.

“The command also invites the victims to come forward to help facilitate the necessary action involved in the investigation.

“To this end, the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, calls for calm and urges citizens to utilise the channels of the complaint against police officers rather than being unruly as seen in the video blocking the express road, thereby infringing on the fundamental rights of others which is the very course citizens want to protect.

“We seek for a police that is civil and professional in discharging their duties. Aggrieved residents should make use of police complaint channels to express any grievances.

The image maker called on the victims whose telephones were forcefully taken to come forward to help facilitate the necessary action involved in the investigation.

“These channels include the CP Monitoring Unit of Command, the Police X-Squad under the State Criminal Investigation Department Police Complaints Bureau or the newly resuscitated Complaint Response Unit under the Police Public Relations Department Awka.

“You can call the Command Control Room at 07039194332 or the Police Public Relations Officer at 08039334002 in the event of any distress. Also download the ‘NPF Rescue Me App’, usable on Android and Apple iOS phones, to make reports. Further details shall be communicated, please.”