ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, has ordered the immediate arrest of hoodlums who allegedly kidnapped a man and forced him to denounce his support for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in the State.
In the viral video making round the internet, a middle-aged man was allegedly kidnapped and taken to an undisclosed location which looked like a cave from where he spoke.
The man who was spotted in a pair of jeans and a blue and white striped polo shirt, bent his head slightly while speaking and stealing glances at those around him. However, the video did not show any faces.
The devastated man, who the police identified as one Rhino Owhorike, was heard saying that he would not support Atiku in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state until Governor Nyesom Wike said anything to the contrary.
In the video which lasted for about a minute, there were background voices which suggested that he was speaking in front of his alleged abductors, The Punch reports.
He said: “From today, I will not support Atiku Abubakar again in Ikwerre Local Government. Ikwerre Local Government is the territory of Chief Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike until the Governor of Rivers State says otherwise.”
But reacting to the video in a statement issued through the spokesperson of the Command, Grace Iringe-koko, on Friday, the Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, described the action of the assailants as a violation of the man’s fundamental human rights.
He assured that those behind the wicked act would be arrested and face the wrath of the law.
“The Rivers State CP today ordered the immediate arrest of the perpetrators of the heinous crime that is currently trending on social media, in which one Rhino Owhorike was allegedly tortured and forced to denounce his support for a particular politician,” the statement read in part.