Right Group Petitions Rivers CP Over Invasion Of Woman Privacy by Policeman
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A human rights advocacy group,the Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign, has petitioned the Rivers State Commissioner of Police,CP Eboka Friday on alleged invasion of Woman privacy and watching her nakedness by a Policeman simply identified as Benjamin attached to Mile 1 Diobu Divisional Police headquarters.
In a petition dated September 6,2021 and signed by its National Coordinator, Prince Wiro, which was cited by our reporter, the group urged CP Eboka Friday to order an investigation into the alleged invasion of the room of Miss Ebube(Surname withheld) at Ogwa street,Mile 1 Diobu Port Harcourt by Officer Benjamin and the threat to shoot her when the lady who was staked naked as at the time the officer invaded her privacy asked the Policeman to leave her room to enable her dress up.
Mr Wiro posited that a thorough investigation is required to ensure justice to all the parties involved.
Narrating her ordeal, Miss Ebube twenty years of age, told newsmen that about 2pm on Sunday 5th,September, 2021 she was naked and about dressing up in her room when a man on mufti who later turned out to be officer Benjamin invaded her room while she was still naked.
Miss Ebube explained that when she and another lady in the room asked officer Benjamin to leave the room,rather than leaving the room Officer Benjamin threatened to shoot both of them if they utter more word while he(Benjamin) continued watching her nakedness under the guise of searching for her elder brother.
Meanwhile, Miss Blessing Chukwu who witness the incident explained that the Policeman who invaded the room in the guise of searching for Ebube’s brother, saw Miss Ebube naked and threatened to shoot her(Blessing) when she asked the officer to leave the room to allow her sister to dress up.
In the meantime, the brother to Ebube, Chima Joe in the same petition to the Commissioner of Police, CP Eboka Friday accused officer Benjamin of detaining him illegally and extorting twenty thousand naira from him despite the fact that he did not commit any offence rather the officer said he did not separate a fight between two women in the compound while they were fighting.
Mr Joe stated that he was not involved in the fight between two women in his compound and wondered the basis for his arrest, illegal detention and extortion of twenty thousand naira from him by officer Benjamin.
As at press time,We gathered that the Commissioner of Police, CP Eboka Friday has minuted the case to human rights desk at the Police headquarters, Moscow road for thorough investigation.
