There are reports that the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, Mr. Francis Odesanya, would face sanctions for his role in aborting the arrest of a Federal High Court Judge in Port Harcourt on Saturday, The Punch reports.
On Saturday, the Commissioner of Police accompanied Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, to the house of the judge at about the same time operatives of the Department of State Services were set to effect his arrest.
According to a source, preliminary report received showed that Odesanya stopped the DSS from performing a legitimate exercise.
Based on the report, he said the police authorities as well as the Police Service Commission would sanction the police boss.
The source stated, “The Rivers Commissioner of Police will be dealt with appropriately. It has been established that the DSS officials who were at the judge’s residence had with them duly signed search and arrest warrants.
“By stopping the security agents from doing their work, what he did was to obstruct justice. He stopped those people from carrying out a legitimate order.
“He will be sanctioned accordingly.”
But the Public Relations Officer, Rivers State Command, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni, said men of the police were only at the judge’s residence to ensure there was no breakdown of law and order.
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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