A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) has been arrested for
allegedly aiding the escape of a suspected child ritual killer The DPO was
arrested by the Rivers state police command on Monday, August 28...
He was said
to have worked with another police officer Johnbosco Okoroeze, a dismissed
sergeant to help Ifeanyi Dike, a suspected ritual killer escape The Nigeria
Police has arrested another police officer - a Divisional Police Officer - for
allegedly aiding the escape of Ifeanyi Dike, a suspected child ritual killer,
Punch reports. The DPO was arrested on Monday, August 28, by the Rivers state
Police Command after various investigations revealed his involvement in the
escape of Dike, a University of Port Harcourt undergraduate. FOW 24.com gathered
that the DPO had been in long telephone conversation with Johnbosco Okoroeze, a
police sergeant earlier dismissed for aiding in Dike's escape. The telephone
conversation, a senior police source said, indicated that there were
premeditated actions by the DPO to allow the suspect escape from police
detention. It was also gathered that while the father of the deceased Ernest
Nmezuwuba and the suspected ritual killer were being prepared to write their
statements, Okoroeze received several calls from the DPO.The police source said the Rivers state
command has substantial evidence to prove that the DPO worked with the
dismissed sergeant for the escape of Dike. The source also said the father of
the deceased informed the police that there were conversation between the
investigating police officer - Okoroeze - and another undisclosed officer FOW 24.com earlier reported that the Nigeria Police arraigned
Okoroeze for aiding in the escape of a suspected ritualist. Okoroeze, an
ex-sergeant was arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt on two
count charges bordering on obstruction of justice and conspiracy. He is accused
to have aided the escape of Dike, who is suspected to have killed an 8-year old
girl Victory Chikamso and removed her vital body organs.
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