Re: Viral video of assaulted young lady in Kwara State
Etim Ekpimah
The Kwara State Police Command has responded to a viral video that trended in many social media platforms, blogs and on virtually every lip yesterday, showing a young lady, Ayomide Afolayan (other details withheld) was seen being horrendously, heartlessly and indecently assaulted by her supposed boyfriend, Jimoh Abdulfatai of Shao in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The police said, the lady’s hands and legs were tightly held by four other friends of the first suspect Olamide Babatunde, Afeez Ayomide, Agboola Abdulsamad and Yakubu Mustapha for severe effect.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, said the police in Shao got wind of this highly despicable incident which prompted a swoop on the scene; the suspects were rounded up, victim liberated and was taken to hospital for treatment.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Tuesday Assayomo psc (+), directed immediate transfer of the matter to the Command’s CID for discreet and timely investigation.
“The suspects confessed to the crime, and the reason adduced for their senseless action was a mere suspicion of infidelity on the part of the lady which the lady vehemently denied.
“In spite of the denial, the boyfriend forcefully retrieved the lady’s telephone handset and handed over the phone to one of his friends to start videoing the actions and eventual posting on social media,” Ajayi said.
According to him, the suspects had been charged after investigations.
He stated that the suspects had been reminded in custody pending hearing and actual trial of the matter.
Ajayi added that the arraignment of the suspects would serve a deterrent to other people having such criminal and appalling tendency in their minds.
The CP advised parents on the need to be parents in the real sense of it, noting that parents should monitor their children, know the kinds of friends they keep to avert a recurrent.
