The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has awarded a cash sum of N250,000 to a Policewoman serving in the Main Market Division, Onitsha, in the state.
The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ikenga Tochukwu said that the Policewoman, Inspector Charity Oyor, who was on traffic duty in the market on Wednesday, 23rd August 2023, saw a shuttle bus carrying six heavy bundles of stripped armoured cable suspected to have been stolen driving past and immediately acted.
Tochukwu said: “She stopped the driver and inquired about the consignment from the purported owner, who rather than explain how he came to be in possession of the cable, offered her bribe which she rejected.
“The Police Inspector put a call across to her boss, the Divisional Police Officer, a Superintendent of Police, called Joy Chidinma Ikpeama. Ikpeama led Police Personnel to the scene and arrested the suspect. The cable was impounded and taken to the Station for investigation.”
According to the PPRO, 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 CP then ordered the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (SCIID), Awka, to take over the case for investigation with a view to unravelling where the used cables came from.
At the presentation of the cash award in his office on Friday 25th August 2023 the CP commended the DPO for providing good leadership and also lauded Inspector Charity Oyor for her uprightness.
He urged all Personnel in the Command to always uphold the ethics of the profession by refusing to be compromised in the discharge of their duties.
The DPO thanked the Commissioner of Police for leading by personal example and said her personnel were inspired by his leadership.
Inspector Charity Oyor promised to rededicate herself to the job she loves so much and thanked the Commissioner of Police for his generosity.
Also present at the brief ceremony was the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, DCP Peter Umoru Ozigi.
