Police Dismiss Three Officers over Killing of UNIPORT Graduate
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- Rivers State police dismissed three officers linked to the shooting death of University of Port Harcourt graduate Anthony Obodo.
- Police said an inspector who fled after the shooting had been declared a deserter.
- The dismissed officers will face court proceedings after an investigation found them culpable.
Three police officers have been dismissed over the killing of University of Port Harcourt graduate Anthony Obodo in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Police Command said.
Obodo was killed along Ada George last Thursday. A fourth member of the police team, an inspector who fled after the shooting, has been declared a deserter.
Rivers State Commissioner of Police Olugbenga Adepoju announced the disciplinary action while parading the three officers before journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He said the command acted after completing its investigation and establishing the officers’ culpability.
“The Command has taken appropriate disciplinary action against the police personnel involved, and the officers being paraded today have been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force and will be charged to court,” Adepoju said.
The Command has taken appropriate disciplinary action against the police personnel involved, and the officers being paraded today have been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force and will be charged to court.
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