We will await the report of the investigation from Osun State Police Command before necessary actions are taken. However we assure the general public that justice will be done in the case, to protect the core values and ethics of the NPF. – Force PRO
*Photo: Inspector Bamidele’s battered arm and chest*
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun State, CP Olaleye Faleye, to investigate the alleged assault on a police woman, Inspector Olorunsogo Bamidele in Ode Omu, Osun State.
This followed a trending video in which the policewoman was allegedly assaulted by her Divisional Crime Officer, (DCO), ASP Ajayi Mathew.
Muyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, in a state issued in Abuja on Wednesday said “The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc+, NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun State, CP Olaleye Faleye, to investigate the alleged assault on woman Inspector Olorunsogo Bamidele by her DCO in Ode Omu Osun State.”
The Shield Online reports that Adejobi added that ” We will await the report of the investigation from Osun State Police Command before necessary actions are taken. However we assure the general public that justice will be done in the case, to protect the core values and ethics of the NPF. “
The Osun State Commissioner of Police has reportedly stepped into the matter.
SP Opalola Yemisi Olawoyin, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement said “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 woman Police Inspector Olorunsogo Bamidele allegedly assaulted by her DCO, ASP Ajayi Mathew in Ode Omu division trending on social media.
“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 unraveled the circumstances that led to this unethical behaviours.
“Therefore, the CP is assuring the general public that justice will prevail on the matter.”