Police Brutalise Newspapers’ Circulation Officers in Rivers State

On October 26, 2020, officers of the Eagle Crack Unit of the Mile One Police Division in Port Harcourt, Rivers State brutalized three newspaper circulation officers: Mr. Andortan Romeo of The Guardian, Abel Jumbo of ThisDay and Joe Etim of New Telegraph while they were carrying out their duties.

The trio said that they introduced themselves to the officers but the moment they displayed their identity cards for confirmation, the police officers became angry, started hitting them, and torturing them, alleging that the media were carrying fake news against the police.

Narrating their experiences, Romeo said: “We showed them our identity cards and they got infuriated, started beating and torturing us. They asked us to kneel down and later took Etim to their station to cut grass.” Jumbo corroborated Romeo’s statement.

Spokesman of the State Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, when contacted requested that the victims see him in his office on October 27.