Police Investigates DPO Who Allegedly Owns Illegal Refinery In Rivers State

A panel has been established by the Rivers State Police Command to probe a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) who is declared to own an unlawful refinery in the State.

In a declaration released today January 16 by the Acting State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Grace Iringe-Koko, the cops command said the unnamed DPO has actually been “instantly redeployed and a panel headed by an assistant commissioner of police inaugurated to investigate the matter”

According to the declaration signed by the Acting State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Grace Iringe-Koko, the result of the investigation shall be revealed and the officer will be penalized appropriately if the accusations are confirmed.Governor Nyesom Wike

had raised the alarm today and demanded that the DPO, who was in charge of a department in a community called Rumuji in the Emohua Local Government Area, be redeployed. He alleged that the DPO was operating one

of the oil wells. ToriNG