Police authorities arrest officers for assaulting woman in Osun (Video)

Police authorities on Saturday said two officers have been arrested for assaulting a woman at Odo Ori Market in Iwo, Osun State.

A video had gone viral in which the said officers were beating the woman who apparently violated the lockdown order of the state government, an action which sparked controversy.

In a statement by its Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, the authorities condemned the action of Inspector Ikuesan Taiwo and PC Abass Ibrahim who allegedly carried out the assault.

The statement read, ”The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni condemns this unwarranted, unnecessary and unjustifiable assault on this innocent citizen (as shown in the attached viral video), at the Odo Ori Market, Iwo Osun State by men of the Force attached to Iwo Division, Osun Command.

”Following the IGP’s condemnation and directives that the Commissioner of Police immediately arrest and bring the officers to book, CP Johnson Kokumo mni, the Commissioner of Police in charge of Osun State Command where the incident occurred, has arrested the officers involved in the unfortunate incident. They are Inspector Ikuesan Taiwo with AP NO 251724 and PC Abass Ibrahim with Force No. 509634. The duo are currently being detained and their orderly room trial had since commenced.”