Police probe alleged assault, shooting of SUG president in Delta

Abdullateef Fowewe

The Delta State Police Command has initiated a probe into an incident involving the alleged assault and shooting of Eruru Christian, the President of the Student Union Government at Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku.

The incident reportedly occurred after Christian was confronted by police officers over a N500 “settlement.”

In a video shared on X (formally Twitter) by one #ChuksEricE, the Students leader is seen allegedly approached by police officers who demanded a N500 bribe for “settlement.”

In one of the videos, the SUG president was heard saying, “You slapped me because I refused to settle you. You will see what you have never seen in your life before. Ogwashi-Uku divisional police slapped me, SUG president because I refused to settle them in my vehicle because I refused to give him N500.”

In another video, he said, “They are running inside the bush, look at them, criminals. They are threatening to shoot me, SUG president. Look at you, criminals. The whole world is going to see you.”

However while reacting to these allegations, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, confirmed that an investivation has been launched into the incident. He added that the accused officer had also been detained.

He however, condemned the conduct of the SUG president in calling the police “criminals” and “thieves”.

Edafe wrote, “While we are looking into this incident, his allegations of them askong for #500 remains and allegation and we are looking into it, he said they hit him, thats also wrong and the officer is presently detained. However we should not encourgage the behavior of the SUG peesident being so hostile at Policemen deployed because of the kidnapping complaints in that area.

“He called the police criminals and thief even after they had left him. This too should be discouraged.”