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Police arrest all 4 persons involved in assaulting a lady in online video
BY NICHOLAS ABE
The Nigeria Police have arrested all four persons, including three police officers, in connection with the ill treatment meted out on a female civilian as shown in an online video.
Force Public Relations Officer DCP Frank Mba, in a statement on Friday evening, said two more persons, in addition to earlier two, have been arrested bringing the total number to four, currently in police custody.
The four arrested persons, according to Mba, are ASP Tijani Olatunji, Inspector Gboyega and CPL Aiyedun Akeem. The fourth, a “civilian accomplice”, is one Ope Owoeye, popularly known as ‘Wyclef’.
All four persons, Mba said, were “involved in the dehumanising treatment of a female citizen in a viral video making the rounds since Wednesday, 22nd July, 2020.”
The Force PRO said investigation was still ongoing, after which internal disciplinary procedures will commence for the officers.
“Meanwhile, police detectives from the State CID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos have established contact with the victim with assurances that justice will not only be done but will be seen to have been manifestly done,” he added.
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