The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun State, CP Olaleye Faleye, to investigate the alleged assault on its female Inspector.
Punch Metro reported that Inspector Olorunsogo Bamidele alleged that the Divisional Crime Officer, Ode-Omu Police Division, ASP Ajayi Matthew, assaulted her for refusing his love advances.
As seen in a viral video, the inspector who said she rejected his advances because she is married had bruises all over her body.
She alleged that Matthew had assaulted her, causing to the bruises on her body.
A statement released by the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, read in part,
”We will await the report of the investigation from Osun State Police Command before necessary actions are taken. However, we assure the general public that justice will be done in the case, to protect the core values and ethics of the NPF.
“However we assure the general public that justice will be done in the case, to protect the core values and ethics of the NPF.”