The Abia State Police Command has apprehended the police office who allegedly raped a student of the Abia State Polytechnic Aba.
CPL Nwachukwu Chinedu was identifed as the erring officer who allegedly raped a female student of the institution.
Students of the institution had marched in protested on Thursday against the alleged rape of female students by policemen.
In a press release on Friday signed by the PPRO of the command, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, the CP expressed regret over the disgraceful act allegedly committed by CPL Chinedu.
According to the statement, after visiting the victim in the hospital and obtaining information from her, an investigation was launched which led to the arrest of the suspect.
The statement partly reads:
“Abia State Police Command under the indefatigable and crime-busting leadership of CP, Janet Agbede, a mother and sister has finally arrested the irritant police officer CPL Nwachukwu Chinedu, who allegedly raped a student of Abia State Polytechnic Aba.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Janet Agbede, being a woman and a mother has been on her toes with other officers in the command to douse the tension and to find out what actually happened.
“The Commissioner of Police and her management team visited and listened to the victim in the hospital.
“After hearing from the victim, a serious investigation started through which the police man, Cpl. Nwachukwu Chinedu that committed the barbaric act was arrested but not attached to Rapid Response Squad Aba (RRS) as alleged by the protesters” she said.
The CP while appealing to the Polytechnic community and the public to exercise patience, assures that investigation will be fast-tracked and made public, assuring that justice would be done.
