The Police Public Relations Officer of Anambra State Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, has said they’re not aware of any of order of the court committing their commissioner, CP Echeng Echeng to Correctional Centre.
Reports emerged that A Delta State High Court had sentenced the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Echeng, Echeng and Kingsley Umeh to prison over refusal to comply with the order of the court to release a Kidnapped child to his parents.
In a suit No : HCO/44/2021 filed before Hon. Justice C.O Emifoniye of Delta State High Court, the plentif, Pastor Henry Osah had urged the court to order the Anambra State Police Command to free his kidnapped child who was found in an orphanage home in Anambra State.
Delivering the judgment on Wednesday, December, 2022, Justice C.O Emifoniye ordered the Inspector General Of Police to arrest the Anambra State Commissioner of Police and Inspector Kingsley Umeh and transport them from Anambra State to the Kwale Prisons, Delta State within one week.
But in a reaction sent to JOURNALIST101, the Ikenga said: “Anambra State Police Command wishes to state emphatically that the Command is not aware and is yet to receive any order committing the Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command to a Correctional Center.
“Therefore, the Command is constrained to make further comments please.”
