Kehinde Afolabi, a single mother of six who was filmed slapping Adeyemi Ogunyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of police and a Divisional Crime Officer at Eruwa Police Division in Oyo State has been arrested.
Reports gathered that the woman a slapped the policeman 13 times with fury and bites two others for trying to enforce the lockdown directive.The ASP Ogunyemi had led a team of policemen to enforce the Coronavirus lockdown at Gbolagunte, Okeola area of Eruwa, Ibarapa, Oyo State on May 1, 2020.
Rather than retaliate, Ogunyemi patiently took the assault and was heard withholding his angry assisitance who attempted to lose him from the woman’s grip to avoid an advancement of the situation of the situation.
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, commended ASP Ogunyemi for what he described as uncommon control and professionalism in the face of the unprovoked attack.
In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, the IGP said, “the officer, like a lamb being led to the slaughter, did not fight back but rather, maintained absolute calm, patience and decorum even as the woman rough handled him and slapped him severally.”
He described further that the said woman also assaulted two female police officers, identified as Inspr. Ojola Abiola and Inspr. Queen Eguaoje, and bit one of the women during an attempt to bring her to the Police Station for the earlier incident of serious assault on the DCO.
The statement outline the Ewura incident as a typical example of unprovoked, unwarranted and unnecessary attacks faced by police officers in the course of performing their rightful duties.
The IGP, therefore, warned that this trend of attacks on police officers will no longer be tolerated by the Force.
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