The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, has ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to examine a viral video depicting the alleged trial by ordeal and assault of a woman in Nkanu East Local Government Area.
Police recognized the sufferer as Chinenye Okonkwo, a woman of about 60 years from Amafu Village, Ugbawka, Nkanu East LGA.
In a Monday press assertion, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, SP Daniel Ndukwe, stated operatives from Nkanu East Division have visited the sufferer and obtained her assertion following the circulation of the video.
According to Ndukwe, preliminary findings point out that Okonkwo was allegedly subjected to extreme abuse, together with being forced to eat human faeces, over accusations of witchcraft and being chargeable for the demise of her husband’s brother’s spouse.
The command stated efforts have been ongoing to determine and arrest the perpetrators, who’re presently at massive.
CP Giwa condemned the alleged acts of violence and degrading remedy and directed a radical investigation with intensified efforts to apprehend the suspects and their accomplices.
The commissioner warned towards jungle justice and different types of self-help, assuring that anybody discovered culpable would face the complete weight of the legislation.
