THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has detained one of its officers over an accidental discharge that led to the death of one Oyebuchi Anene in Abuja.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh (SP), who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, May 24, in Abuja, said the tragic and unprecedented incident happened in Byazhin area of Abuja on Wednesday, May 22, about 9:45pm.
She said the FCT Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Bennett Igweh, has ordered an investigation into the incident and directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department to commence an immediate and discreet investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.
Adeh stated that Igweh, while expressing his profound and heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and the public at large, condemned the unprofessional and disheartening conduct of the officer, assuring the deceased’s family and the public of justice over the matter.
