IGP, Adamu
A passionate plea for Rivers State Police Command to fish out operatives accused of raping a widow over alleged breach of COVID-19 protocols has been made by a human rights activist, Prince Wiro.
A 32-year-old widow alleged that a policeman attached to the Sakpenwa Police Division, Tai Local Government Area, abducted her on Tuesday and took her to the guest house where he raped her at gunpoint for not wearing a face mask.
She said: “I was returning from Bori to Port Harcourt when I met some police officers at a checkpoint. They arrested me for not wearing a nose mask. They kept me long there with them.
“Thereafter they carried me from one place to the other, claiming they want to take me to the police station but never took me to any police station.
“After some time, they took me to a guest house where one of them raped me till dawn.”
Reacting to the development, Wiro, asked the police command to begin investigation into the allegation.
He said: “There is no justification for punishment of rape to be meted out to a woman because she flouted Rivers State Government order on the use of nose masks. I expect the police to take this matter seriously.
