Police inspector robbed, assaulted over girlfriend
The police said over 20 youths in Nkpolu, Rivers, on Sunday, robbed and assaulted an inspector attached to the Woji Division.
Spokesperson for the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement on Monday, said the officer was returning from work to see his pregnant girlfriend when he was attacked.
The police spokesperson said, “On 24th August 2025 at about 1:40 p.m., an Inspector of Police, Inspr Joshua Nyian, attached to Woji Division, reported a case of assault and stealing.
“According to the report, at about 10:20 a.m. on the same date, while returning from work, the officer stopped at Nkpolu to see his woman friend, who is pregnant for him. He was suddenly accosted by the Nkpolu youth president, the community chairman, and about 20 youths.
“They allegedly assaulted him by beating him up, dragged him to the main road, seized his police identity card and phone, recorded him on video, and forcefully collected the sum of seventy-eight thousand naira (N78,000) from him.”
The officer also alleged that the youth president had been trying to woo his girlfriend, possibly prompting the attack.
“Frantic efforts are ongoing for the youth president with others involved to come forward to make a statement for discreet investigation,” Ms Iringe-Koko stated.
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