Police dismiss personnel for raping teenage girl in police station
The Benue State Police Command has dismissed a constable, Belasa Iyangedue, for raping a 16-year-old kept in detention.
While detained at the Divisional Police Headquarters in Tse Agbaragba in the Konshisha Local Government Area of the state, the policeman who appeared to be aiding her allegedly walked into the female cell and brought her into an office where he had sexual intercourse with her against her consent.
The underage girl was alleged to have reported the incident to the Divisional Police Officer, which resulted in the constable’s detention and the case being referred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Makurdi.
The constable is already being prosecuted at the Magistrates’ Court, Makurdi.
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The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bartholomew Onyeka, confirmed his dismissal to journalists on Tuesday in Makurdi.
Onyeka said, “The dismissed constable committed the crime at Tse Agbaragba Divisional Police Station, Konshisha LGA.
“The police is a disciplined organ and being the statutory organ responsible for crime and fighting crime and management, such people are not allowed to stay in the system.
“He was not only dismissed, he is facing prosecution.”