IMO State Commissioner of Police, CP, Abutu Yaro has launched a high-powered team of investigators to investigate a viral video of a man tied horizontally on a stick while being subjected to inhuman torture.

 

The spokesman of the police in the state, Michael Abatam made this known in a statement dated Sunday July 4.

 

According to him, the team would unravel the veracity of the video and whether the act was perpetrated in Imo State.

 

He assured the people of the state that the outcome of the investigation would be made public in due time.

 

Abatam appealed to the people of the state to remain calm and go about their lawful businesses even as he advised anyone with useful information about the video to volunteer such information to the police.

 

The spokesman said; “The Imo State Police Command is aware of the iniquitous and obscene video that has gone viral on social media where, a man was seen tied horizontally to a stick undergoing inhuman act by some suspected hoodlums.

 

“The command wishes to inform the good people of Imo State that, we are already on top of the situation. Presently, a high powered investigative team have since been inaugurated by the Commissioner of Police to commenced technical investigation into the viral video with the sole aim to unravel the truthfulness of the video and to trace the location if, it actually occurred in the state or not.

 

“The command is assuring the good people of the state that, as soon as this is clarified, the outcome will be made public for all to know the real fact surrounding the viral video.

 

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, fdc, uses this medium to call on the good people of Imo State to remain calm and go about their lawful businesses. And advise that, anyone with useful information about the viral video to come forward with it.