The Ondo State Police Command, on Tuesday, said it had arrested one of their men for allegedly beating and injuring a female student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure.
The female student identified as Sheba Ogbu who was left with grievous injuries, alleged that four police officers assaulted her for refusing to have sex with them.
Sheba Ogbu, said the incident happened at about 9:30pm along Oyemekun Road in Akure on Sunday August 25 after the policemen in their patrol van accosted her on her way home from church.
She further stated that her head was smashed with a stone following her refusal to have sex with the policemen who found nothing incriminating in her bag after a search. Sahara Reporters reported that the undergraduate and her family threatened to sue the Nigeria Police Force for the assault.
However commenting on the assault incident, the Ondo state Police spokesperson Femi Joseph, said the matter involved two drunk students who were on a motorcycle. According to him, the students’ refusal to be searched led to one of students getting injured after being slightly pushed by one of the policemen.
He said, “The students were stopped by the policemen on patrol on Sunday night, and when they were asked to open the bag they held, they refused, that was what caused an argument between them, leading to one of them to slightly push the lady. But because the lady was drunk, she fell down and got injured.
“In spite of that, as I am speaking with you now, the policeman in question has been arrested and will face trial today ( Tuesday). He would definitely be punished.”
Below is the video of the incident shared by a NANS leader in FUTA, calling for justice for the student.
