The Anambra State Police Command has arrested the officer who went viral on social media after threatening to shoot dead anyone who recorded him while on duty, confirming his identity and announcing the activation of internal disciplinary proceedings against him.
The command, in a press statement signed and released by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Finance and Administration, Ngozi Ezeabata, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, on Thursday identified the officer as Assistant Superintendent of Police Newton Isokpehi, attached to the Anambra State Command.
Isokpehi had on Wednesday triggered widespread public outrage after a video of him surfaced on social media in which he threatened to “clear everybody down”, including bystanders, if anyone filmed him while on duty.
Speaking in Pidgin English and addressing the camera directly, he also vowed to ensure that any superior officer who sanctioned the filming of officers buried the citizens he vowed to kill.
