Assault and Stealing Incident Reported Against Police Officer in Nkpolu
On 24th August 2025 at about 1:40 p.m., one Inspector of Police , Joshua Nyian, attached to Woji Division, reported a case of assault and stealing.
According to the report, at about 10:20 a.m. on the same date, while returning from work, the officer stopped at Nkpolu to see his woman friend, who is pregnant for him. He was suddenly accosted by the Nkpolu Youth President, the Community Chairman, and about twenty youths. They allegedly assaulted him by beating him up, dragged him to the main road, seized his police identity card and phone, recorded him on video, and forcefully collected the sum of seventy-eight thousand naira (₦78,000) from him.
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The officer further alleged that the Youth President has been making advances to his woman friend, which may have prompted the attack.
The officer’s statement was voluntarily recorded, and a medical form was issued to him for treatment. Frantic efforts are ongoing for the youth president with others involved to come forward with their evidence
The Command assures the public that justice will be served and urges community leaders to caution their youths against taking the law into their hands.
Grace Iringe-Koko, ANIPR
Police Public Relations Officer
Rivers State Police Command