The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Ikenne Division of Ogun State, Patrick Onwu, who allegedly beat a female traffic warden to coma few days ago has been demoted.
Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, ordered the demotion in rank of Onwu after he reportedly got to know about the ugly incident in the papers.
Onwu was demoted to the rank of a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, from the rank of a Superintendent of Police, SP.
Arase also directed the Commissioner of Police in Ogun State to transfer the officer from the command and called for the setting up of an investigative panel on the matter and report to the force headquarters.
The IGP directed the state commissioner to forward the necessary details of the accused officer to the force secretary, Abuja for further disciplinary actions.
The former DPO, was said to have beaten up a female traffic warden, Inspector Anifat Bello, at her duty post at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, junction, on IBB Boulevard way, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
