A police inspector, Ogbu Clement, and his elder brother, Isawa Ogbu, have been arrested for allegedly spearheading a violent operation in which more than 50 youths seized a corpse and later attacked residents in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State.
The development was disclosed in a post on X by security analyst, Zagazola Makama, on Sunday.
According to Makama, the incident occurred on November 28 while a staff member of the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Pius Onwe Odengle, was conveying the remains of his mother, Mama Lucy Inogwanya, from Makurdi to Ogyoma Village for burial.
He alleged that at the Ogyoma Village junction, the police inspector, who is attached to Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja, mounted a blockade with a group of youths from Adim Village.
The group reportedly vandalised a Benue State Civil Protection Guard vehicle, forcefully took possession of the corpse and buried it in Adim Village on the claim that the deceased was their aunty.
Sources said the unrest escalated the following morning when, at about 9:30 a.m., the inspector and his brother allegedly returned with another group of youths to Ogyoma, where they unleashed mayhem on residents, destroying over 500 plastic chairs, smashing windows and doors and injuring several villagers.
Police authorities said the Divisional Police Officer, Otukpo, promptly mobilised patrol teams to the area, working alongside troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, NSCDC Agro-Rangers and the Benue State Civil Protection Guard.
Photographs were taken as evidence, while the injured victims were evacuated to a hospital for treatment.
The police confirmed that Inspector Ogbu Clement and his brother had been taken into custody, adding that investigations into the incident were underway.
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