Policeman arrested for attacking Rivers lady with burning stove

A police inspector, Eze Akpoelu, has allegedly attacked and injured a lady, Jane Amos, after she reportedly turned down his request for a relationship.

The cop was said to have thrown a burning stove at Amos, which made her sustain burns in different parts of her body.

The incident happened at Rumuokwuta, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Amos, who spoke to PUNCH Metro from her hospital bed, said the inspector, who resided in the same compound with her, attacked her on Wednesday.

She said, “This morning (Wednesday), I went to the bathroom to bathe my niece for school and Inspector Eze Akpoelu was in the bathroom, bathing. So, I went to bathe her outside.

“He came out and said I was challenging him. He said he had warned that nobody should pour water outside. I did not make any comment. I took my niece into the bathroom. He said I was stupid and I did not have respect.

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“Because he had asked me out for friendship and I refused, since then he had been hostile and I kept avoiding him.

“After I finished bathing my niece and went inside, he started saying that I was talking to him and that he would make me bleed. I said if he made me bleed, God in heaven would also make him bleed.