{"id":179686,"date":"2025-09-21T20:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement"},"modified":"2025-09-21T21:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T20:25:21","slug":"anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement","title":{"rendered":"Anambra Police Denies Officer&#8217;s Alleged Criminal Involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Anambra State Police Command has dispelled rumours that its officer is involved in aiding kidnapping and other violent crimes in the state.<\/p>\n<p>A press statement by the Command\u2019s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga stated that the video carrying the report is not only false, mischievous, and malicious, but also a calculated attempt to tarnish the image of the Nigeria Police Force and demonize the said officer.<\/p>\n<p>He added that for avoidance of doubt, the officer featured in the video is an Assistant Commissioner of Police who is not serving in the Anambra State Police Command but maintained that the officer remains one of the pride of the Force in character and crime-fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Ikenga noted that the State has continued to record remarkable progress in the fight against violent crimes, particularly kidnapping, saying the achievement is the result of the collective efforts of the residents of the state who are working hand-in-hand with security agencies to condemn and resist criminal activities in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sacrifices of our security operatives in safeguarding lives and property are not in vain. We therefore call on the general public to disregard the misleading video and remain resolute in supporting lawful security efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Command shall invoke the relevant Cybercrime Laws to ensure that the originators of this malicious content does not go unpunished.\u201dhe stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Anambra State Police Command has dispelled rumours that its officer is involved in aiding kidnapping and other violent crimes in the state. A press statement by the Command\u2019s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga stated that the video carrying the report is not only false, mischievous, and malicious, but also a calculated attempt to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[35,254,165],"class_list":["post-179686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-anambra","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anambra Police Denies Officer&#039;s Alleged Criminal Involvement - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Anambra State Police Command has dispelled rumours that its officer is involved in aiding kidnapping and other viole ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anambra Police Denies Officer&#039;s Alleged Criminal Involvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Anambra State Police Command has dispelled rumours that its officer is involved in aiding kidnapping and other viole ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-21T19:14:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-21T20:25:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758473868.396908.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Anambra Police Denies Officer&#8217;s Alleged Criminal Involvement\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-21T19:14:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-21T20:25:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement\"},\"wordCount\":242,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758473868.396908.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anambra\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-police-denies-officers-alleged-criminal-involvement\",\"name\":\"Anambra Police Denies Officer's Alleged Criminal Involvement - 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