Lawrence Nwimo, Awka
Anambra State Police Commissioner, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has rewarded a police officer who reportedly turned down a bribe offered to her by a criminal suspect whom she recently intercepted in the state.
A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the policewoman, Inspector Charity Oyor, who serves at the Main Market Division, Onitsha, was on traffic duty in the market on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, when she saw the shuttle bus with the bundles of armoured cable.
It was gathered that the officer stopped the driver and inquired about the consignment from the purported owner; but, instead of responding to her question and explaining how he came to be in possession of the cable; the purported owner of the cable, rather offered the officer a bribe, which, which she vehemently rejected and took the necessary action to get the suspects arrested immediately.
DSP Ikenga, in the press statement narrated thus: “The Police Inspector put a call across to her DPO, Superintendent Joy Chidinma Ikpeama, who led Police personnel to the scene and arrested the suspect. The cable was impounded and taken to the Station for investigation.
“At the station, the suspect again offered the sum of N500,000 to be allowed to go. This was rejected by the officers. The DPO promptly briefed the Commissioner of Police on the arrest and recovery.
“The Commissioner of Police then ordered the State CID, Awka, to take over the case for investigation, with a view to unravelling where the used cables came from.”
Ikenga further said: “At the presentation of the cash award in his office today, Friday 25th August, 2023, the Commissioner of Police commended the DPO for providing good leadership, and Inspector Charity Oyor, for her uprightness.”
Presenting a cash reward of two hundred and fifty thousand naira (N250,000) to Oyor, CP Adeoye charged officers of the Command to always uphold the ethics of the profession and avoid being compromised while discharging their duties.
He urged all personnel in the Command to always uphold ethics of the profession by refusing to be compromised in the discharge of their duties.
