It was reported that the
Aide-de-Camp to the Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha in the name of Mr. Omo
Gabriel,and two other police officers on Saturday,knowingly beat up a policeman
attached to the state government house for delaying in opening the gate for the
governor’s convoy.
The incident, which occurred around
12:30am, when the governor returned from his wife’s birthday party, left the
victim unconscious till God knows when
The mobile policeman, Corporal Itere
Ewedor, was said to have been on duty at the security post when the governor’s
convoy drove in.
The victim,Corporal Itere Ewedor could not speak to
the press due to his condition but his friend, Mr. David Edhie,
confirmed the incident to be true
Mr David Edhie explained that after
hearing the hooting of the horn from the governor’s convoy, the policeman
opened the gate only for the ADC, a superintendent of police, and two other
senior police officers to descend on him.[Corporal Itere Ewedor]
He said, “When the governor’s convoy
got to the gate, the men of the civil defence corps and members of the Imo
orientation corps, who were supposed to open the gate, were not around. So,
there was a delay. Then my friend went to open the gate.
“When the convoy drove in, the ADC
and some other police officers came down and asked him why he delayed. They
wanted to collect his gun, but he refused. So, they started beating him. They
beat him until he became unconscious, with bruises all over his face and parts
of his body.”
Edhie added that the ADC took
Ewedor, in his unconscious state, to Shell Camp Police Station and requested
that he be detained.
He said, “The police officers at the
station refused. They said they could not detain someone that was dying. Then
Gabriel made arrangements for Ewedor to be taken to the Federal Medical Centre
Owerri, where he was admitted. After sometime, he regained consciousness.”
SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that Ewedor, was discharged from the hospital around
5pm on Saturday.
Edhie said the ADC had made frantic
efforts to get Ewedor discharged from the hospital, because sympathisers,
including journalists, were visiting the the place.
When contacted, the state
Commissioner for Information and Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on
Media, Mr. Chinedu Offor, refuted the report.
He said, “The ADC to Governor
Okorocha is a true professional, there is no way he could have descended so low
to physically assault somebody. In order not to scare people away, we use men
of the civil defence corps at the gate. We don’t use policemen at the gates of
the government .house. So, if anybody says a policeman was beaten up for
refusing to open the gate, it is false. I was at the government house around
12:30am. Such a thing never happened.”
Source: Punch
newspapper
It was reported that the
Aide-de-Camp to the Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha in the name of Mr. Omo
Gabriel,and two other police officers on Saturday,knowingly beat up a policeman
attached to the state government house for delaying in opening the gate for the
governor’s convoy.
The incident, which occurred around
12:30am, when the governor returned from his wife’s birthday party, left the
victim unconscious till God knows when.
The mobile policeman, Corporal Itere
Ewedor, was said to have been on duty at the security post when the governor’s
convoy drove in.
The victim,Corporal Itere Ewedor could not speak to
the press due to his condition but his friend, Mr. David Edhie,
confirmed the incident to be true
Mr David Edhie explained that after
hearing the hooting of the horn from the governor’s convoy, the policeman
opened the gate only for the ADC, a superintendent of police, and two other
senior police officers to descend on him.[Corporal Itere Ewedor]
He said, “When the governor’s convoy
got to the gate, the men of the civil defence corps and members of the Imo
orientation corps, who were supposed to open the gate, were not around. So,
there was a delay. Then my friend went to open the gate.
“When the convoy drove in, the ADC
and some other police officers came down and asked him why he delayed. They
wanted to collect his gun, but he refused. So, they started beating him. They
beat him until he became unconscious, with bruises all over his face and parts
of his body.”
Edhie added that the ADC took
Ewedor, in his unconscious state, to Shell Camp Police Station and requested
that he be detained.
He said, “The police officers at the
station refused. They said they could not detain someone that was dying. Then
Gabriel made arrangements for Ewedor to be taken to the Federal Medical Centre
Owerri, where he was admitted. After sometime, he regained consciousness.”
SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that Ewedor, was discharged from the hospital around
5pm on Saturday.
Edhie said the ADC had made frantic
efforts to get Ewedor discharged from the hospital, because sympathisers,
including journalists, were visiting the the place.
When contacted, the state
Commissioner for Information and Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on
Media, Mr. Chinedu Offor, refuted the report.
He said, “The ADC to Governor
Okorocha is a true professional, there is no way he could have descended so low
to physically assault somebody. In order not to scare people away, we use men
of the civil defence corps at the gate. We don’t use policemen at the gates of
the government .house. So, if anybody says a policeman was beaten up for
refusing to open the gate, it is false. I was at the government house around
12:30am. Such a thing never happened.”
Source: Punch
newspapper
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