The Bayelsa State Police Command has reacted to a viral video making the rounds on social media platforms, showing police officers allegedly from the command assaulting a tricycle (keke) driver.
In a statement released, the command’s spokesperson, DSP Musa Mohammed, said the State Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, CP Iyamah Daniel Edebor, has condemned the act in strong terms, describing it as unacceptable and contrary to professional policing standards. He reiterates that the Command does not tolerate any form of human rights violation, unprofessional conduct or brutality.
Mohammed mentioned that the officers involved have been arrested and disciplinary proceedings has since commenced in accordance with the provisions of the Police Act and other extant regulations.