KINGSLEY EBERE
Three Police officers, Sergeant Gift Ekwueme, Sergeant Ikechukwu Eto, and Corporal Divine Okwuaru, have been dismissed and are currently detained at the Imo State Police Headquarters for alleged armed robbery, kidnapping, car snatching and collection of ransom.
P.M.EXPRESS reports as was was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Henry Okoye, who confirmed the arrest and dismissal of the officers after being found guilty at an orderly room trial.
“Yes, the incident happened, and after we received the complaint, the Police swung into investigation. They were arrested, detained, faced an orderly room trial and after they were found guilty, they were dismissed and the Imo CP has ratified it.”
“They are now ex-Policemen. They will be arraigned in the law court for prosecution,” he said.
The dismissed officers were accused of kidnapping and extorting the sum of N1. 7m from Mr. Obinna Egbu in Owerri on 8th February, 2026, at gunpoint while posing as members of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit alongside a civilian driver, Alex Chukwu.
DSP Okoye added that the dismissal sends a strong signal to all operatives.
He said the new Imo Police Commissioner, Audu Garba Bosso, had warned that he will not tolerate any form of corruption, high-handedness, and professional misconduct from operatives of the Command, adding that defaulters will be dealt with.
The development has reportedly sent shock waves through the Command.