Nigerian Policemen Involved in Assault on Passengers in Viral Video Identified and to Face Trial

 The Nigerian Police Force has revealed the identities of three policemen who were involved in the assault of passengers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Sunday. According to Jaratvent, the officers had been identified as Inspector Adejoh Siaka, Inspector Friday Obaka, and Sgt. Ndiwa Kpuebari from Rivers State, and they will soon face trial for their actions. In a viral video, one of the officers was seen assaulting a man with a stick before slapping him repeatedly and subsequently forcing him to enter a vehicle. The officers were not in approved uniforms but were armed.

Following a public outcry, the police authority condemned the actions of the policemen, saying their conduct doesn't represent the character of the Nigeria Police Force nor is it the practice in the Force. The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Okon O Effiong, had ordered the immediate arrest of the officers and gave the directive through the Command's spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Oko, who said the officers had been identified.

As a defender of human rights, the CP assured members of the public that the officers would be investigated in line with extant rules underlying the conduct of police personnel, stressing that appropriate sanctions would be meted out to them accordingly. "The Command further assures the good people of Rivers State of its unalloyed commitment to promoting the rule of law. People are enjoined to report cases of human rights abuse and infractions to the command," the statement added.

CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, paraded the three policemen at the Force Headquarters on Tuesday and posted a picture of them on his Twitter handle. He wrote that they were the men who slapped a man on the road in Rivers and they reported at the Force Headquarters that day. Adejobi further stated that trial will soon commence and that they will update the public as soon as possible.