{"id":92749,"date":"2022-03-13T13:24:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T12:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92749"},"modified":"2022-03-13T13:24:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T12:24:36","slug":"enugu-police-boss-probes-assault-on-sgt-helen-onoja-by-acp-okenla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/enugu-police-boss-probes-assault-on-sgt-helen-onoja-by-acp-okenla\/","title":{"rendered":"Enugu police boss probes assault on Sgt. Helen Onoja by ACP Okenla"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1727171346015328758\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Lawal Abubakar, has ordered an investigation into a viral report that an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Mr Oluseyi Okenla, physically assaulted his junior colleague, Sgt. Helen Onoja.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Helen, a nursing mother was also detained for several hours on the order of the senior police officer.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A policeman who witnessed the incident said Okenla and his orderly publicly beat Helen in front of the area command office in Enugu.\u201cThe Commissioner has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department to conduct a thorough and conclusive investigation into the story of this physical assault\u201d, said ASP Daniel Ndukwe, the command\u2019s PRO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>\u201cThe investigation will help establish the facts surrounding the allegations and apportion appropriate disciplinary sanctions on whoever is found culpable,\u201d Ndukwe said.<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesman said that the commissioner had reassured the general public that no stone would be left unturned in getting to the root of the matter and meting out appropriate sanctions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He noted that the Nigeria Police remained a regimented and disciplined agency that would stop at nothing to subject its personnel (male or female, or of senior or junior rank) to extant disciplinary codes, processes and punishments whenever they erred.The female sergeant was allegedly beaten publicly by Okenla and his orderly, identified as Emma Oji in front of the area command office on February 17, 2022, around 6 pm.<\/p>\n<p>The Area Commander and his orderly, Sergeant Emma Oji were accused of kicking, punching and dragging Helen on the dusty roadside of Orthopedic junction, Abakiliki expressway, Enugu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>A source claimed trouble started when Helen Onoja serving as a traffic controller at the Orthopedic junction decided to use the toilet at the Area Command\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs she was going into our office which is the Area Command to answer the call of nature, our \u2018Oga\u2019 (boss), ACP Okenla saw her and ordered her to go back to her traffic point despite the officer explaining to him that she wanted to use the toilet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was there, the woman immediately obeyed him and returned to the junction without using the toilet. While back on her duty post, ACP Okenla sent Cpl Daniel Onyia to go and call her for him\u2019 the source said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Upon her arrival, she was allegedly assaulted and thrown into a police cell.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\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>Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Lawal Abubakar, has ordered an investigation into a viral report that an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Mr Oluseyi Okenla, physically assaulted his&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Enugu police boss probes assault on Sgt. 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