IG Orders Probe into Alleged Assault on Policewoman

The Inspector General (IG) of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, yesterday ordered the Commissioner of Police, Osun Command, Olaleye Faleye, to investigate the alleged assault on woman Police Inspector, Bamidele Olorunsogo, by her Divisional Crime Officer(DCO), Ajayi Matthew, in Ode-Omu, area of the state.

Avideo showing a dehumanised and battered Bamidele had gone 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 policewoman 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.

According to Bamidele in the video, “What is my offence, that he started beating me, he naked me, he injured me on my chest, hand because he asked me out and I told him I am married that I cannot and he started blackmailing me. He was telling people around that we were dating and I took offence to it.

On Tuesday, 1st of November, 2022, he went inside, carried a dane gun and wanted to gun me down. It happened in the presence of two constables and 10 civilians. The civilians took me out of the office that I should run away, but I insisted that if he wants to kill me he should go ahead. Ajayi wants to kill o, please assist me o.”

Responding to the development, IG Baba has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun State, CP Olaleye Faleye, to investigate the alleged assault on the woman inspector.

According to a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Abuja, Muyiwa Adejobi, yesterday, “We will await the report of the investigation from Osun State Police Command before necessary actions are taken.