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Nigeria Police transfer plenty officers from Delta as public dey vex over alleged killing
Pipo dey see dis redeployment as part of efforts to bring back public trust and reduce tension for di communities wey di matter affect.
Nigeria Police transfer plenty officers from Delta as public dey vex over alleged killing
Wetin happun spark outrage for Delta / Reuters

Nigeria Police don transfer over 1,300 officers from Delta State Command afta public vex over alleged killing and misconduct.

Force Headquarters spokesman, Tony Placid, yarn yesterday say di police high command don approve di big redeployment.

Di Inspector-General of Police (IGP) order am afta di killing of Oghenermine Mena wey cause controversy, plus allegations of unprofessional behaviour against some officers for di command.

Pipo dey see dis redeployment as part of efforts to bring back public trust and reduce tension for di communities wey di matter affect.

Sources wey sabi di mata tok say di IGP bin vex well-well for wetin dem call “di bad behaviour of wayward officers,” and dat one cause big shake-up across divisions and departments for di state command.

Di transfer include both senior officers and ordinary policemen, and e be one of di biggest internal redeployment for recent time.

For related mata, Placid confam say dem don do autopsy on Mena, di person wey dem bin allegedly kill by dismissed Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Usman Nuhu.

But e refuse to give details of wetin di autopsy find.

“Double confirmation, please,” di police spokesman tok when dem ask am for more info.

E add say dem don send di case file to Federal Ministry of Justice, where di Office of Attorney-General of di Federation dey review am ahead of possible prosecution of di main suspect.