The incident happened in Uyo Akwa Ibom state were Idorojin Akpabio, a police man in charge of anti robbery unit in the state, allegedly stormed the court and took his daughter away from trial, according to reports from the Police the commissioner of police in the state is aware of the incident.
The daughter, who was a sanitation
defaulter apprehended by the sanitation task force attached to the state
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, was arraigned before the
sanitation court.
According to Reporters the
girl had insulted the court and threatened to put a call through to her
father who is a senior police officer in the state.
She had
made good of her promise, and her father, a relative of former governor
of the state and Senate Minority Leader Godswill Akpabio, showed up with
6 armed policemen and threatened to open fire on the court officials.
Akpabio reportedly called for
reinforcements after the court refused to let his daughter go, and 2
patrol vehicles arrived with armed policemen.
The policemen reportedly shot into the air, and the court officials all ran off, leaving Akpabio to leave with his daughter.
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