ABANIWONDA CONDEMNS ATTACK ON POLICE OFFICERS BY NAF PERSONNEL AT JEDDO

CP Olufemi Abaniwonda 
Commissioner of Police 
Delta State Command Headquarters 

"The Delta state Police command under the leadership of CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, the Nigeria Air Force, Navy, Army and other security agencies in the state have a cordial working relationship worthy of emulation and the incident is indeed an embarrassing one."  SP Edafe Bright PPRO Delta State Command Headquarters Asaba.

The Delta State Police Command Headquarters has condemned the recent embarrassing situation between Policemen attached to the Quick Response Squad of the Command and some Air Force personnel attached to the Air Force Base Jeddo in Okpe Local government Area of the state.

The Command, in a statement issued by its Spokesman, SP Edafe Bright, said the situation whereby the personnel of the Nigeria Air Force without any provocation attacked the policemen who were performing their lawful duty, was highly embarrassing.

According to the statement, "On February 11, 2025, at about 1700 hours, operatives of Quick Response Squad (QRS) while on crime prevention patrol flagged down a Toyota Corolla car with reg. no. AKD-73-FL, but the occupants of the vehicle on sighting the police took to their heels which prompted the policemen to go after them, and arrested one of the suspects identified as Ibohama Precious aged 25yrs and recovered some weed suspected to be Indian hemp, Canadian loud and other hard drugs. While the Policemen were on their way to the station alongside the suspect and exhibit, upon getting to the Air Force checkpoint at Jeddo, they were stopped by the Air Force personnel and were told that they wouldn't be allowed to proceed until they released the suspects they were carrying which the policemen vehemently resisted and subsequently, the Air Force personnel attacked the Policemen without justification."

The statement notes that, "The Delta state Police command under the leadership of CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, the Nigeria Air Force, Navy, Army and other security agencies in the state have a cordial working relationship worthy of emulation and the incident is indeed an embarrassing one." 

The statement further disclosed that "The Commissioner of Police Delta State, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda and the authorities of the Nigeria Air Force are looking into the ugly incident and putting all modalities in place to forestall future occurrence of this embarrassing situation."