The police commissioner said that during the interrogation, the officers confirmed visiting the shop but were there to charge their mobile phones.
PEOPLES GAZETTE
The Ondo State Police Command has denied that its officers stole mobile phones from a shop in Idogun, Ose Local Government Area.
Last week, CCTV footage showed the officers from the Special Weapons and Tactical (SWAT) unit allegedly stealing mobile phones from a barbershop in the town.
The police officers were seen entering the shop reportedly owned by Seketi Adebowale and picking up the phones believed to have been left by customers to charge.
Addressing journalists on Monday in Akure, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Wilfred Afolabi, explained that the officers were arrested and interrogated.
Mr Afolabi said that during the interrogation, the officers confirmed visiting the shop but were there to charge their mobile phones.
“People who know me very well know that I do not compromise on any act of indiscipline. When I saw the video, I instructed that whosoever (officers) was involved should be arrested.
“The policemen were interrogated, and they said it was the shop they used to charge their phones. They never denied going there. They said they went to collect their phones,” he said.
The police chief said the officers were deployed to maintain law and order in the Idogun community after a riot broke out over the arrest and remand of one Jide Falade in prison.