The Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, has directed the Assistant Commissioner of Police overseeing the IGP X-Squad to conduct a thorough investigation into the viral allegations made by Young C Entertainment against operatives of the Command’s Anti-Narcotics Unit and the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Owerri, as seen on social media.
In the viral video, Young C said on October 11, himself and his crew members came from Port Harcourt to Owerri for a Movie shoot. He said when he started content creation, he made use of real dollar bills but was later advised to use prop money for security uses. He said on October 11, he and his crew members were stopped and were searched by men of the Anti-Narcotic unit and that the prop money were found on them. Young C said the officers arrested them and said that they would need N1.5 million to get themselves freed. The actor said all the explanation he gave to the officers that they were actors and had to use the prop money fell on deaf ears as the officers whisked them to their office and kept them in the cell for 24 hours. He said the officers seized their phones and prevented them from contacting their family members, lawyers or even production crew members. He said his lawyer later came in for them and that the police demanded N300, 000 before they would be released which he and his lawyer refused to give.
Young C said many Nigerians are being held up in the unit for frivolous reasons and called on the IGP to investigate the officers in the unit. He also threatened to take legal action against the officers who unlawfully arrested him and his crew members.
In a statement released, the state police command spokesperson, ASP Henry Okoye, said the Commissioner of Police has ordered an investigation and has assured the general public that any officer found culpable will face appropriate disciplinary actions in accordance with the Force’s regulations, and the supervising officer will also be sanctioned.
