Indigenes of Obagie-Nevbosa community in Edo state Wednesday cried out over alleged official corruption and abuse of office by an officer of the Nigerian police.
The community specifically accused Acting Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, a Principal Staff Officer (PSO) at the Force Headquarters in Abuja of obstructing justice in a criminal/breach of security case it reported to the relevant police formations.
In a petition they filed through their counsel, O. G. Alenloshan, Obagie-Nevbosa said the PSO’s alleged clog in the wheel of getting justice has emboldened the suspect in the case, one Emmanuel Aigbedo to boast that he is above police investigation.
It said a call log between the suspect and the PSO would play a key role in ascertaining the veracity of their petition.
While urging IGP Usman Alkali Baba to intervene in the matter, the community expressed unflinching confidence in the force “despite the unprofessional disposition of the PSO.”
The petition alleged that the PSO who is an ag commissioner of police “has continued to negativity use his office to frustrate and thwart genuine efforts of the police in carrying out a discreet investigation against Aigbedo”.
