The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) on Saturday launched a probe into a suspected incident of police assault involving a motorist and a journalist in Nakuru captured in a video that went viral. In a statement, IPOA chairperson Anne Makori said if found culpable, the Authority will make appropriate recommendations against the police officers. But the National Police Service (NPS) defended the three officers captured beating up the motorist who accused the cop of hitting and denting his car. In a statement posted on Twitter, the NPS said it was the motorist who attacked the officer and not vice versa as captured in the viral video. The motorist upon being stopped assaulted the police officer,” read the tweet by Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai.

Source: Daily Nation December 27, 2020 08:26 UTC