…Vows to prosecute anyone found culpable.
The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Police Command, CP Monday Bala Kuryas fsi, has expressed his total aversion to unprofessionalism and other extortionist tendencies amongst some Police personnel in the Command.
The CP stated this in a press statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu in Awka.
The statement follows a petition alleging the extortion of the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (#500,000) from a citizen by some men of the Command.
According to the statement, Investigations, ordered by the CP, into the case led to the swift identification and arrest of the personnel involved. The sum of N500,000 extorted from the victim was also recovered intact and returned to him and the officers charged with misconduct in line with extant disciplinary procedure of the Force.
“While restating his resolve to stamp out extortionist tendencies amongst some personnel of the Command, the Commissioner also urges citizens to report any misconduct whatsoever by personnel of the Command to him through the ’X’ Squad or the Public Complaints Bureau (PCB), or call 112, 07039194332 or 08039334002.” The statement read in part.
“The CP assures utmost confidentiality of information conveyed through these channels.”
