IGP Orders Probe Of Alleged Assault On Female Officer by her colleague+ assault video

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun Command, Olaleye Faleye, to investigate the alleged assault on woman Police Inspector, Bamidele Olorunsogo, by her DCO, Ajayi Matthew, in Ode-Omu, area of the state.

This comes after a video showing a battered Bamidele went viral on social media.

In the video, Bamidele accused Matthew, a senior colleague of hers at the Ode-Omu Police Divisional Headquarters in Osun State, of assault and blackmail.

The police officer alleged that Matthew had asked her out to be his girlfriend, a request to which she refused on the grounds that she was married, but Matthew continued to blackmail and ended up assaulting her

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She said, “What is my offence? He started beating me to the extent, he stripped me. Look at my chest, arms, everywhere, there are injuries. He’s Ajayi Matthew. He asked me out, that I should befriend him. I said no, that I’m a married woman.

“He started blackmailing me, claiming that he’s my lover, which is not true.”

Confirming the interest of the IGP into the matter,the Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Olaleye Faleye in a statement released in Osogbo informed the general public that,the Command had already started looking into the matter adding that justice would prevail at the end of their investigation.

“The Osun State Police Commissioner of Police, CP Faleye S. Olaleye, psc, wishes to inform the general public that the Command is aware of the video of a woman Police Inspector, Olorunsogo Bamidele allegedly assaulted by her DCO ASP Ajayi Mathew in Ode Omu division in the State, trending on social media,’the statement read

“The CP in his Swift intervention, has interviewed the Police Officers (parties) involved in this unprofessional act and consequently ordered discreet/thorough investigation of the incident to unravel the circumstances that led to this unethical behaviours.

“Therefore, the CP is assuring the general public that justice will prevail on the matter.”