A serving police Inspector, Ogbu Clement, and his elder brother, Isawa Ogbu, have been arrested for allegedly leading more than 50 youths to seize a corpse and attack residents in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State.

The incident was contained in a post shared on X by security analyst Zagazola Makama on Sunday.

According to Makama, the trouble began on November 28, when Dr. Pius Onwe Odengle, a staff member of the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, was transporting the body of his late mother, Mama Lucy Inogwanya, from Makurdi to Ogyoma Village for burial.

He alleged that at the Ogyoma Village junction, Insp. Clement, who is attached to Zone 7 Headquarters in Abuja, blocked the highway with a group of youths from Adim Village.

They reportedly damaged a Benue State Civil Protection Guard vehicle, forcefully seized the corpse, and buried it in Adim Village, claiming the deceased was their aunty.

Sources added that the following day, around 9:30 a.m., the inspector and his brother again mobilised youths to Ogyoma, where they allegedly attacked residents, destroyed more than 500 plastic chairs, smashed windows and doors, and injured several villagers.

Police authorities said the Divisional Police Officer, Otukpo, quickly mobilised patrol teams, along with troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, NSCDC Agro-Rangers, and the Benue State Civil Protection Guard, to the scene.

Photographs were taken as evidence, and the injured residents were taken to the hospital for treatment.

The police confirmed that Insp. Ogbu Clement and his brother have been arrested, while investigations into the incident are ongoing.