IGP Egbetokun Orders Demotion Of Detained WhatsApp Group Admins Over Police Protest …

Inspector Bode Emoruwa and six other Nigerian police officers are being detained by the police for raising concerns about police welfare. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has directed punitive action against officers detained over their alleged involvement in the planned protest against poor salaries, welfare and the controversial police pension scheme, SaharaReporters has learnt According to reliable sources who spoke Friday evening, the IGP has ordered that Emoruwa Olabode and five other officers, identified as administrators of a WhatsApp group used to mobilise officers should be demoted. Sources also revealed that the officer who originally posted the protest message in the group is to be dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force with immediate effect. Inspector Bode Emoruwa and six other Nigerian police officers are being detained by the police for raising concerns about police welfare. SaharaReporters had earlier reported how Inspector Emoruwa, who was attached to the Idanre Police Station in Ondo State, was arrested by the authorities over a message allegedly shared in a WhatsApp group of serving officers, where he served as one of the group’s administrators. He was taken from his station on Friday, July 4, and held in solitary confinement at the State Criminal
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