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By Etim Ekpimah
The Akwa Ibom
State Police Command has arrested a policeman, who shot at a driver with the
Akwa Ibom Transport Company.
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The policeman
was said to have opened fire on the driver for refusing to part with bribe at a
road block along the Iwukem Road, Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of the state.
The State
Police Commissioner, Murtala Mani, who said this during an interview with
journalists in Uyo, on Tuesday, explained that the command had begun a
full-scale investigation into the matter.
Mani assured
the people that the policeman would face the full wrath of the law if
found culpable, declaring that the police would not tolerate indiscipline in
any form.
The CP said the
wounded driver was recuperating at an undisclosed hospital.
He stated that
cases of homicide had reduced in the state owing to the proper synergy between
the police Homicide Department and state anti-robbery squad.
Mani urged the
people of the state not to worry about the increased presence of police patrol
vehicles on the streets, stressing that it was a strategy to show the populace
of police readiness to ensure crime free yuletide.
“Akwa Ibom is
now relatively peaceful, one of the states with the lowest crime rate in the
country. To achieve this, we have to strategically deploy our men to ensure
adequate security across the state,” he said.
The police
boss, however, said the problem of sea pirates was the biggest challenge facing
the command, adding that the command had increased security presence along the
shores of the state.
Culled from Punch newspaper
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