The Nigeria Police Force has arrested and detained the Divisional Police Officer‎ of Omoku Divisional Police Headquarters of Rivers State Police Command, Mr. Casimir Ihiezu, for complicity in the kidnapping of an Ivorian national, Mr. Beinvenu Assemian,‎ during which a police corporal, Mr. Imeh Edet, ‎was killed.Ihiezu is also being detained for alleged unlawful possession of firearms and murder of the police constable.

According to police investigation reports obtained by our correspondent, the Ivorian national worked for a palm oil company in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, SIAT Palm plantation.

Already, the DPO, who was arrested since last year on the order of Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Chris Ezike, had been moved to Abuja on the order of the Deputy Inspector General of Police at the Force Headquarters Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FCIID) Area 10 in Abuja, preparatory to his arraignment in court.

He is being detained at the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FCIID) Area 3 Abuja since he was moved to the Capital City.

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