The Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa State, Mr Francis Idu, has confirmed the arrest of a police inspector, identified as Sunday Idey, by operatives of the police special unit, Operation Doo Akpor, in the state, for allegedly brutalising his three children over allegations of witchcraft.
The inspector, who is attached to the Anti-Cultism unit of the Igbogene police unit, reportedly assaulted his children at the weekend over allegations of being members of a witchcraft group.
Idu said the officer had been arrested and that an investigation into the matter was ongoing.