The Abia State Police Command has denied an online report which accused the command of framing, torturing and denying bail to Tochi Ireokwu, a suspended Deputy Director of Logistics and Supply, Abia State Homeland Security Service.
In a rejoinder issued by DSP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer, the Abia Police Command said that the alleged torture and frame-up were false and did not represent the true situation of the incident.
According to the police, the suspect, Tochi Ireokwu, and three other suspects were apprehended by operatives of the command through actionable intelligence for allegedly engaging in economic sabotage, vandalisation, stealing, conspiracy, aiding and abetting.
The statement read in part: “The aforementioned suspect, on 04/04/2026, went to a government property with her assistant, who is equally one of the suspects, and deceitfully collected a bunch of keys from the CSO of the premises where valuables were kept under the guise of inspecting and taking inventory in order to beef up security.
“During the exercise, she removed some keys from the bunch and, after her inspection, returned the remaining keys to the CSO.”
The Abia State Police Command said that the suspect led a team that vandalised and carted away electrical armoured cables, wires, electronic motors, engine cylinders, half-engine metals, car batteries, and other items, loading them into a wine-red Toyota Sienna which did not have a vehicle number plate.
According to the police, Tochi Ireokwu and other suspects were apprehended on the spot by operatives of the nearest division while acting on actionable intelligence.
The Abia State Police Command, which said that the suspect had allegedly made a confessional statement after the matter was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, explained that the suspects were remanded in police custody pending a case that is coming up at the Federal High Court, Umuahia.
