Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says it has begun investigation on a viral video where a woman alleged that a deputy superintendent of police attempted to rape her.
The police officer Jude Ifeanyi is attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department of the FCT Police Command.
In the video, the woman Ugomwa Ugwoegbu said Ifeanyi took her to his office and attempted to rape her and when she refused he pushed her down the stairs.
She said: “When we got there, he attempted to rape me. While I tried to defend herself, he pushed me from the staircase.”
Ms Ugwoegbu further alleged that the DSP left her for dead.
The FCT Police Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said facts surrounding the situation had not been fully gathered.
According to her, investigation suggests that both parties were in an erotic relationship and were intoxicated on that fateful day.
“The alleged Officer had promised to drop Miss Ugwoegbu off when he stopped over at the office to ease himself as was stated in the video insinuated.
“An argument ensued between both parties on the stairways resulting in physical struggles hence the rash pronouncements that were regrettably too late to be retracted,” she said.
Adeh added that while an internal investigation for necessary disciplinary actions had been instituted against the officer, it was important to state that earlier that same day, “Miss Ugomwa had been to the Command’s SCID where she had earlier reported a case of blackmail, threat, defamation of character, sexual harassment and sundry offenses against another person.”
Adeh stated that it was disappointing to have seen the FCT Command dragged into undefined private episode.
