Osun State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, has condemned the brutal treatment of an Osun woman by policemen in a viral video.
Mrs Egbemode, in a short statement on Sunday, urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to include psychiatric evaluation in disciplining the two policemen involved in the assault.
She said: “This public display of shame and bad upbringing…How can men in uniform do this to any woman? I’m so totally angry. Like I’ve always said, a man who beats a woman is a sick man, a man who needs psychiatric attention.
“I implore the Inspector-General of Police to include psychiatric evaluation in the process of discipline of those two human beings in police uniform.”
Force spokesman, Frank Mba, in a statement on Saturday, said the policemen had been arrested on the order of the inspector-general.
“The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni condemns this unwarranted, unnecessary and unjustifiable assault on this innocent citizen (as shown in the attached viral video), at the Odo Ori Market, Iwo Osun State by men of the Force attached to Iwo Division, Osun Command,” the statement read.
“Following the IGP’s condemnation and directives that the Commissioner of Police immediately arrest and bring the officers to book, CP Johnson Kokumo mni, the Commissioner of Police in charge of Osun State Command where the incident occurred, has arrested the officers involved in the unfortunate incident. They are Inspector Ikuesan Taiwo with AP NO 251724 and PC Abass Ibrahim with Force No. 509634. The duo are currently being detained and their orderly room trial had since commenced.”
Mr Mba said the IGP re-emphasised that the police under his watch would not condone any act of misconduct and recklessness on the part of its personnel.
“He enjoins the citizens to continue to cooperate with the leadership of the Force as it strives to reposition the NPF into an effective, efficient and people-friendly Force,” the statement said.
