File Photo of police PRO, Jimoh Moshood addressing the pressThe Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has ordered the arrest and detention of four police men involved in the raiding of the Abuja resident of Niger Delta political elder, Chief Edwin Clark.
Also to be arrested and detained are the informants who spread the news of the raid, which the police authority said it is not aware of.
In a statement today, Tuesday, the police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, stressed that the Inspector General of Police is not aware and did not order the raid of the residence of the Elder Statesman, Chief Edwin Clark as claimed by the writer of the story.
The statement said: “the attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to a report on vanguard online publication of 4th September, 2018 credited to one Henry Umoru claiming that the Police on Tuesday (today), raided the Abuja residence of Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark.”
The police said that while the police men amd informant involved are being detained, it will carry out detail investigation into the incidence and that the outcome of the investigation will be made public.
The statement made it clear that the Force will not condone misconduct by any of its personnel that can run contrary to the rule of law, even though it receives information on daily basis from members of the public which were promptly used to prevent and detect crimes and criminalities.
