Richard Anyebe
The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters says it has arrested lawyer and human Rights activist, Prof Zainab Duke Abiola, for allegedly assaulting her orderly in Abuja.
Prof Zainab Duke Abiola ‘Assaults’ Police Orderly
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi.
Reports say the alleged assault followed the refusal of her orderly – Inspector Teju Moses – to do house chores.
Police operatives arrested Prof Abiola alongside her housemaid, Rebecca Enechido after a video clip went viral on Wednesday.
The officer could be seen in the viral video, in uniform bleeding, seated on the floor and asking to be taken to the hospital for medical attention.
According to Adejobi, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has directed that the suspects should be prosecuted.
He added that the IGP strongly condemned the assault, disclosing that police operatives were going after a fleeing domestic worker complicit in the assault.
“The IGP strongly condemned the grievous assault of a female Police Officer, Inspector Teju Moses, by her principal who is a legal practitioner and human rights activist, Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola and her domestic staff comprising the housemaid, one Rebecca Enechido and a male suspect currently at large,” he said.
“Zainab Duke, a Mbaise-born activist, grievously assaulted her orderly in the company of some accomplices on Tuesday 20th September 2022 at her residence in Garki, Abuja, due to the refusal of the orderly to breach professional ethics by carrying out menial and domestic chores at her house.
“The IGP has directed the express prosecution of the arrested suspects who are currently in police custody, as the preliminary investigation shows overwhelming evidence of culpability on the part of the Professor and her domestic staff.
“The IGP has equally tasked the investigative team to ensure that the fleeing suspect is arrested and made to face the wrath of the law. It is pertinent to clarify that the suspect, Prof. Zainab, who name-drops the IGP, his family members, and other officers in the top hierarchy of the Force has no acquaintance with the police in any form as erroneously peddled on social media.”
The IGP, Adejobi revealed, has ordered the withdrawal of all police personnel attached to the professor.
He equally expressed disappointment that an individual who claims to be an advocate for human rights could violate the rights of another person.
Meanwhile, Kanyi Daily had reported that two young men were recently caught on camera assaulting two police officers and trying to “snatch” their AK 47 rifle from them in Lagos.
The two men have since been arrested by the police command and charged to court.
