OUTRAGE: Police Officer Battered Woman For No Reason, Sparked Anger

A female trader identified as Madam Pere was
battered by the Divisional Police Officer in charge
of Oko-Oba Police Station, Mr. Akintade Williams,
on Tuesday night at Olayinwola road Abule-Egba.
According to the woman, after the workday she
was going home when suddenly the DPO who was
on patrol of the area ordered her to come to him.
And as soon as she approached him, the
policemen just pounced on her as if they were
having problems before.
Then he tore her clothes, punched her in the face,
destroyed victim's cell phone and took all the sales
proceeds she was bringing home.
Later on Madam Pere reported the attack to the
State Commissioner of Police, Umaru Manko and
was referred to Ikeja General Hospital for
treatment.
The incident caused widespread outrage.
An anonymous resident of Abule-Egba said the
attitude of Williams since he took the post of the
DPO of Oko-Oba is troublesome and unacceptable.
And the way the DPO behaves does not
correspond to his position.
Residents expressed outrage as they do not
understand how can a DPO beat up a harmless
trader for no reason.
When contacted the Deputy Police Public Relations
Officer of the state Police Command, Mr. Damasus
Ozoani to speak on the matter, he directed the
reporter to the PPRO, Mrs. Ngozi C Braide.
She could not be reached at the time of filing this
report.
It was gathered that last year Williams battered a
police corporal attached to his house for going out
to eat on a Sunday.