{"id":111364,"date":"2024-04-13T21:13:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T20:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=111364"},"modified":"2024-04-13T21:13:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T20:13:25","slug":"edo-police-arrest-officer-who-threatened-civilian-with-ak-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/edo-police-arrest-officer-who-threatened-civilian-with-ak-47\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo: Police Arrest Officer Who Threatened Civilian With AK-47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo State Police Command has arrested an officer, PC Prince Chima, for allegedly threatening a civilian with AK-47 riffle in Benin City, Edo state capital.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at Government Reserved Area of Benin City following an argument between the officer and unidentified youth in which the youth was alleged to have insulted the officer.<\/p>\n<p>In a viral video, the officer was seen threatening some persons in their residence with AK47 during the misunderstanding.<\/p>\n<p>The command\u2019s spokesperson, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said following the development, the commissioner, Mr. Funsho Adegboye, ordered the arrest and orderly room trial of the officer after he was identified in the viral video.<\/p>\n<p>He said the commissioner, however, called for a discreet investigation into the matter and arrested the office identified as a Police Constable attached to the Department of Operatives (DOP) while using technical intelligence,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring interrogation, the officer said he was on duty at the NIPCO Petrol Station along Siloko Road, Benin City, when a certain young man who came to charge his phone had altercation with him and the man called him a smelling Policeman.<\/p>\n<p>He said when the man left the petrol station for his residence, after the interventions of the manager of the petrol station, followed him home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CP has directed the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the X-Squad section to investigate the erring policeman to ascertain his metal health status through the command medical officer and commit him to a disciplinary process known as orderly room trial\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo State Police Command has arrested an officer, PC Prince Chima, for allegedly threatening a civilian with AK-47 riffle in Benin City, Edo state capital. 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