The police high command has intervened in the case of an alleged attack by her senior officer on a female police officer in Osun over suspected romantic advances.
Mr. Faleye Olaleye, the commissioner of police in Osun, claimed that the police were aware of a popular video in which the Inspector who was assaulted described how an Assistant Superintendent of Police had beaten her up.
On Wednesday in Osogbo, state police spokeswoman SP Yemisi Opalola said that Mr. Olaleye had directed a thorough inquiry into the situation.
“The Commissioner of Police, Mr Faleye Olaleye, is aware of the video of a woman Inspector, Olorunsogo Bamidele allegedly assaulted by her Divisional Crime Officer, ASP Ajayi Mathew in Ode-Omu division trending on social media.
“The commissioner has interviewed the police officers involved in this unprofessional act and consequently ordered thorough investigation of the incident to unravel circumstances that led to these unethical behaviours.
“The commissioner of police is assuring the general public that justice will prevail on the matter,’’ she stated.
In a same vein, Mr. Olaleye has been instructed by Mr. Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector-General of Police, to look into the alleged assault on Bamidele.
The IGP would wait for the investigation’s findings to be reported before taking appropriate action, according to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi.
“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun, Mr Olaleye, to investigate the alleged assault on woman Insp Olorunsogo Bamidele by her Divisional Crime Officer in Ode-Omu.
“We assure the general public that justice will be done in the case to protect the core values and ethics of the Nigeria Police Force,’’ Adejobi stated.
Insp. Bamidele displayed injuries and blood stains all over her body in the trending video.
She said in the video that ASP Matthew had attacked her and had threatened to shoot her dead with a Dane gun when she had rejected his romantic advances.
Additionally, Insp. Bamidele stated that when she was attacked by ASP Mathew on Tuesday, two police officers and ten bystanders were there.
“What is my offence?’’ she queried in the video.
In the video, she stated that during the procedure, ASP Mathew stripped her naked “because he asked me out that I should befriend him, but I replied ‘no’, that I am a married woman, and he started beating me.”
