The Kwara State Police Command says it has arrested the culprits in a viral video that shows some men assaulting a lady over claims that she cheated on her boyfriend.
In the video clip, a man, who the lady victim identified as Fatai, with the help of his friends, stripped her to her pants and flogged her buttocks with a cane, while she pleaded for mercy.
Midlandpost learnt that the lady, Aduke, a student of the Bartholomew College of Health, Shao Kwara State, was said to have been invited to her boyfriend’s residence where the other friends had waited.
When Aduke arrived at the house, she met Fatai and his three friends, who started interrogating her.
The friends were said to have accused her of cheating, as they grabbed her hands and legs and flogged her.
After the assault, Aduke reportedly took to her WhatsApp status, where she shared her ordeal and a video clip of the incident.
Sp Okasanmi Ajayi, spokesperson of the State Police Command in a release said the police swiftly responded to the viral video, which he described as “horrendous”, “heartless” and indecent, assuring that all the suspects had been arrested.
He gave the name of the supposed boyfriend as Jimoh Abdulfatai and his friends, who the police says “tightly held the lady’s hands and legs for effect” while they administer the canes were identified as Olamide Babtunde, Afeez Ayomide, Agboola Abdulsamad and Yakubu Mustapha
All the suspects according to the police are residents of Shao in Moro Local government area of Kwara State.
Okasanmi said the victim was taken to a hospital for treatment.
He also said that the Commissioner of Police, Tuesday Assayomo had directed immediate transfer of the matter to the Command's CID for discreet and timely investigation.
According to him, “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”
He said all the suspects had been charged to court and reminded in custody pending hearing and actual trial of the matter.
On the heal of the incident, he said the State Commissioner of Police Kwara had admonished parents on the need to be parents in the real sense of it, advising that they should monitor their children and, know the kind of friends they keep so as to avert this type of ugly incident.
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