Alex Enumah in Abuja
Some men of the Nigerian Police Force
Tuesday raided the residence of South-south leader, Chief Edwin Clark,
in Asokoro, Abuja, accusing him of hiding guns in his house.
But in a swift reaction, the police in a
statement by Force Public Relations Officer, Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood,
said the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris neither gave the
order nor was he aware of the raid.
He said the IG had consequently ordered
the arrest and detention of the four police officers involved in the
raid as well as their informant.
The IG, according to Moshood, also ordered the investigation of the raid by the IGP Monitoring Unit.
The statement read: “The attention of
the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to a report on vanguard online
publication of 4th September, 2018 credited to one Henry Umoru claiming
that the Police on Tuesday raided the Abuja residence of Federal
Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark.
“The Force wishes to categorically state
that, the Inspector General of Police is not aware and did not order
the raid of the residence of the Elder Statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, as
claimed by the writer of the story.
“Consequently, the Inspector General of
Police has directed the detention and investigation of the Four (4)
Police personnel and the informant involved. The outcome of the
investigation will definitely be made public.
“Notwithstanding, the facts that on
daily basis the Nigeria Police Force across the Country receives
information from members of the public which were promptly used to
prevent and detect crimes and criminalities, the Force will not condone
misconduct by any of its personnel that can run contrary to the rule of
law.”
However, speaking with journalists,
Chief Clark said that while the raid was going on, he called the force
headquarters but the officer he spoke with refused to stop the
operatives.
THISDAY gathered that the policemen invaded Clark’s residence with three vans and ransacked the entire house.
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