Chairman and the chief executive officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said the South African Police is being sued over the assault on a Nigerian resident in the country.
Police in the country had on Friday assaulted an ex-Big Brother Africa housemate and Nigerian model, Tayo Faniran.
He was driving when the police stopped him and assaulted him without any evidence against him.
Mr Faniran captured the incident live on camera and later explained in another separate video how he was thoroughly tortured by the police.
According to an Instagram live video shared online, Faniran was arrested and brutally tortured after he refused to enter an unmarked police vehicle.
Mrs Dabiri-Erewa, however, got hold of the news and gave a report about the release of Faniran and said she was going to ensure justice was served in this matter.
She said that the South African Police has been petitioned and that a case is being pressed against them for their brutality.
“Update on @Tayofaniran s matter in SA. Our mission has petitioned and began pressing a case against the brutality of the police. IPID, the agency investigating the police has commenced work on the matter. Our Consul General has also met with Tayo,” she said.
