The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday directed the Osun State Police Commissioner, CP Olaleye Faleye, to investigate the alleged assault on woman Inspector Olorunsogo Bamidele, by her DCO, in Ode Omu Osun State.
Force Public Relations Officer, PRO, Muyiwa Adejobi on Wednesday, in a statement said the directive was contained in a memo sent to the Osun CP by the IGP.
Adejobi disclosed that the police was going to await the report of the investigation before taking other necessary actions.
“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,” the statement said.
It would be recalled that Inspector Bamidele was in early Wednesday allegedly reported the assault on her by her DCO, identified as Matthew Ajayi over love advances refusal.
“What’s my offense? The man started beating me to the extent he naked me, put me into naked. Look at my chest, my hands, everywhere injured.
“Because he asked me l out, that I should befriend him. I said no because I’m a married woman. I cannot befriend you.
The woman in a running viral social media video, alleged that beside brutalizing her, DCO Ajayi also brought out a Dane gun, threatening to shoot her l but for the intervention of other police personnel and civilians present at the scene.
“My writer was there, two constables and 10 civilians. After doing that, he now went and brought out a Dane gun. He said he would gun me down. The civilian now took me out telling me that I should run away away. I said no. If he wants to kill me he should kill me.”
