Rivers: Vigilante operative shoots man dead for talking to his girlfriend
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
A vigilante operative has been arrested by the Converse Prison Investigations Intelligence Division, SCIID of Rivers Police Exclaim for taking pictures a man monotonous for allegedly talking to his lady friend.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCP) Victor Erivwede, responsible of SCIID in Rivers made the revelation at a gathering between police and diverse stakeholders on the excesses of vigilante teams in Rivers East Senatorial district on Thursday.
The meeting was attended by the remark police commissioner, CP Nwonyi Emeka and his top officials, chairpersons of Omuma, Ikwerre, Etche, PortHarcourt, Obio-Akpor Local Govt Areas, outdated rulers, adolescence leaders, vigilance neighborhood participants amongst others.
Speaking all the intention in which thru the meeting, Erivwede, said “there are diverse human rights abuses by the vigilante teams. Vigilante teams or OSPAC started effectively, nonetheless started derailing after they started to comprehend contracts from political leaders. If I delight in my means, I will repeat the CP to examine the OSPAC and Vigilante teams. Many participants of the OSPAC are criminals.
“I delight in a case in my desk the build a vigilante member shot a man monotonous since the person spoke to his lady friend,” he said.
Speaking at the forum, CP Nwonyi Emeka warned vigilante teams in the remark in opposition to partaking in unlawful detention as effectively as torture of arrested persons.
He said, “The characteristic of vigilante in crime stopping in Rivers Converse has reach to establish. While we like their actions, we condemn their excesses. We are able to no longer tolerate jungle justice from vigilantes. We are able to no longer delight in a neighborhood of of us to provide protection to existence and property, and the same of us are the ones killing, beheading of us .
“Tyrannical actions of vigilante ought to aloof be curtailed. For event, we delight in some eventualities the build they turn to debt collectors and flogging of us. Your responsibility is to arrest and portion data. You don’t delight in energy to detain and compare of us.
“If an particular person is no longer condemned by court for striking and the person is shot the person that shot him has dedicated spoil.”
He known as on vigilantes to work strictly within their mandates.
The Police Commissioner said actions of the vigilante operatives ought to aloof be monitored by the outdated rulers, Police and Local Govt Chairpersons henceforth.
He said anybody arrested by any vigilante operative ought to aloof be handed over to the Police.
