UPDATE: POLICE ARREST OFFICER ACCUSED IN VIRAL VIDEO OF STABBING MAN IN EKITI
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An officer has been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command on suspicion of stabbing a civilian in Ise-Ekiti over a dispute between the man’s son and his girlfriend.
In the wake of a dispute between her younger brother and a female classmate, the victim’s daughter claimed in a widely shared video that the officer, who was purportedly a chairman’s orderly, had attacked her father in their home.
She claims that after the daughter told her boyfriend about the argument, two police officers confronted the family and said they were come to make an arrest.
In a press statement issued on Friday, the command’s spokesperson, SP Abutu Sunday, revealed that the Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo, has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department to take over the case and conduct an investigation.
The statement read, “The Ekiti State Police Command has noticed a video circulating on social media where a young girl (name unknown) was complaining that her father was stabbed on his palm by a policeman serving in Ise-Ekiti due to an argument that ensued between her brother and the policeman’s girlfriend.
“The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo, upon noticing the complaint, directed the DC CID to take over the case and ensure a thorough investigation is conducted.
“Meanwhile, the officer in question has been taken into custody for investigation and other necessary actions.”
The command called for calmness, stating that justice would be served.
“The command is calling on everyone especially the family members of the victim to be calm, as nothing short of justice will be delivered in this case as soon as possible,” Sunday wrote.
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