CP orders investigation of torture, brutality of  female Police Inspector by male ASP for resisting love request

The Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Faleye Olaleye, has ordered the investigation of the torture and brutality of female Police Inspector by an Assistant Superintendent of Police for rejecting his love request in the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, disclosed in Osogbo on Wednesday, that CP Olaleye has ordered a thorough investigation into the matter.

According to the PPRO, “The Commissioner of Police, 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.”

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, also ordered CP Olaleye to investigate the assault on the female officer, Bamidele, by a superior officer.

The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Wednesday indicated that the IGP would await the report of the investigation before taking necessary action.

“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun, 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 said in the statement.

In the viral video, Insp Bamidele showed injuries and blood stains all over her body.

She explained in the video that ASP Matthew assaulted her and threatened to kill her with a Dane gun because she refused his love advances towards her.

Insp Bamidele also said that two police constables and 10 civilians were among those present when she was assaulted by the ASP Mathew on Tuesday.

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“What is my offence?’’ she queried in the video.

She said that ASP Mathew stripped her naked in the process “because he asked me out that I should befriend him, but I said `no’, that I am a married woman and he started beating me.”