Tension As Top Police Officer Brutalises Children For Alleged Witchcraft
There is serious tension in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, over the alleged brutalisation of three children by their father, a police inspector in the state.
The accused police inspector, Sunday Idey attached to the Anti-Cultism unit brutally assaulted his children over the weekend over allegations of witchcraft.
It was gathered that some concerned neighbours quickly alerted men of the State Security Patrol unit, Door Akpor and rescued the brutalised children, taking them to the hospital.
Members of the anti-gender-based violence groups, the chairperson of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, Bayelsa chapter, led by Boma Toney Miebai, the National Association of Women Against Gender-Based Violence, led by Dr Dise Ogbise Goddy Harry, and the Chairperson of the Do Foundation, Bayelsa chapter, Barr. Dianna Iluma Pius reacted to the incident and reported the matter to the police.
The Ministry of Women Affairs and Gender represented by the Permanent Secretary also quickly moved to the police station and hospital for first-hand information on the incident.
According to Mrs Boma Toney Miebai, the FIDA and the WAGBV have incidented the case at the Akenfa Police Station and are pushing for charges of attempted murder, criminal assault.
They expressed fear for the safety of the children while receiving treatment at the hospital.
Mrs Dise Ogbise Goddy Harry, however, commended the state Commissioner of Police, Francis Idu for his quick response and order for the arrest of the accused police Inspector.
“The CP has ordered the arrest of the accused and the transfer of the case to the police headquarters,” she said.
She confirmed that despite the critical nature of the case of the brutalised children, their condition is now stable.
“We are calling on public spirited individuals and groups to àssist them in getting their lives back,” she noted.
When the state Commissioner of Police, Francis Idu, was contacted, he confirmed the development and said the accused policeman had been arrested.
