Anambra Police Denies Report Accusing Them Of Attacking An Old Woman

Anambra Police Denies Report Accusing Them Of Attacking An Old Woman

Anambra police command has stated that the earlier viral report that the police brutalized a 98yr old woman is false and misleading.

In a press release, personally signed by the Anambra PPRO, SP Haruna Mohammed, Anambra Police command has explained their own side of the story, denying ever attacking the 98 yr old woman as earlier reported.
Below is the press release;

RE:”POLICE ATTACK 98-YEAR OLD WOMAN WITH AK-47″

The attention of the Anambra State Police Command has been drawn to online media reports that “Policemen attached to the Command Special Anti robbery Squad have allegedly beaten up a 98-years old Woman Cecilia Okpalaku of Achina in Aguata LGA of Anambra State, and assaulted her with Ak-47 rifle over a family dispute”. The publication is not only false but totally misleading.

The real fact in issue was that on the 19/8/2019 the Commissioner of Police received a formal complaint from a legal practitioner that his client, one Esther Nzekwe was assaulted by her fiancee one Emeka Okpalaku and that the man also confiscated her credentials including her NYSC call up letter in order to prevent her from reporting to NYSC camp which dateline closes on the 20/8/2019.

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The complainant further alleged that the suspect was planning to travel back to Japan where he based.

Following the petition, the Commissioner of Police, CP John B.Abang ordered for a full scale investigation into the matter. Police detectives visited the house to invite the suspect but as soon as he sighted the Police, he quickly ran inside the house and locked all the entrances.

All efforts by the Police to prevail on the suspect to open the doors proved abortive until the police used the power of ingress in accordance with section 7(1&2) CPA laws of the Federation to gain access into the house but the suspect eventually escaped.

Consequently, the Police equally rescued a one year old daughter of the complainant who was equally locked inside the house and left crying without care. Till date, the suspect is still on the run and has not returned the credentials he forcefully collected from the lady while investigation is still ongoing.

The police Command is wondering why the very person who allegedly assaulted a woman and deprived her from participating in the National Youth Service will be the very person spreading the falsehood that police assaulted a 98-year-old woman using AK-47 rifle which was totally false and unfounded.

In view of the foregoing, the Public is enjoined to ignore such publications which is aimed at raising a false alarm and casting aspersions against the Force in order to divert attention from the real facts in issue.

SP Haruna Mohammed PPRO Anambra State Police Command,
For -Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command