The Abia State Police Command has arrested two men accused of impersonating operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency after a viral video showed them assaulting and handcuffing an auto-rickshaw rider in Umuahia.
The suspects, identified as Anthony Kelechi, 41, and Bright Abraham, 42, were arrested by detectives attached to the Central Police Station, Umuahia, following investigations into the incident.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday.
According to her, the arrests followed the circulation of a video on social media showing two men—one dressed in clothing resembling that of a community security operative and the other in plain clothes—physically assaulting and handcuffing a commercial tricycle operator.
Preliminary investigations, Chinaka said, revealed that the suspects are members of the Social Watch Anti-Drugs Abuse Advocacy, an organisation established to promote awareness against drug abuse.
However, she alleged that the duo used
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