Divisional Police Officer summoned over alleged demand of N100,000 from rape victim
The Nigeria Police Force has summoned a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and an investigating police officer (IPO) serving in Imo State for questioning over an alleged demand of N100,000 bribe from a 15-year-old rape victim.
Penpushing reports that the latest development came shortly after Joseph Udoh, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Government Reservation Area (GRA) Police Station in Asaba, Delta State, was summoned by the police in response to allegations that he (Udoh) allegedly extorted a citizen who helped a dying stranger.
The woman, in a video clip uploaded on X on Saturday, said her sister, the victim, informed her via a phone call that an unidentified man invaded their family house and raped her while their siblings were attending a masquerade ceremony in an unnamed community in Imo State.
Penpushing further reports she explained that the man was armed with a knife which he used to force the victim to submit, adding that the victim and other siblings were in the village for the Christmas celebration, but that the victim chose to stay back alone when others left for the masquerade ceremony in the community.
The woman added that the person who had the forceful entry on her, threatened her, said a lot of things…holding a knife, claiming that officers at the police facility near Imo State Government House in Owerri demanded N100,000 from the victim and her family members who visited the facility to report the incident.
“Immediately, they went to the police station to lay a complaint (about the rape incident). On getting to the station, police (officers) told them that to be able to write their statement, they had to pay the sum of N100,000,” she narrated.
Penpushing also reports that the Police Complaint Response Unit reacting to the allegations in the now-viral video clip, announced that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the facility and the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) have been summoned for questioning over the incident.
‘The Divisional Police Officer, GRA @ImoPoliceNG and the IPO (investigating police officer) have been summoned and will be in police Force Headquarters Abuja for questioning concerning this complaint by next week, thank you for contacting NPF-CRU,” the police emphasized.
Penpushing reports that the post, however, did not disclose the identities of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) involved in the case, but sources said the Divisional Police Officer has now been removed from office over the incident.
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