Fayose raises panel to probe police brutality of woman

Ekiti State government on Sunday night announced its interest in the case of a woman said to have been beaten to a pulp by some policemen in Ado Ekiti during the weekend. It could be re-called that some policemen were alleged to brutalized the nursing mother for refusing to offer them bribe.

DAILY POST reports that the state governor, Mr Ayo Fayose made this known while featuring on a monthly public enlightenment programme, code named “The Governor Explains”.

He disclosed that an investigation team had been raised to unravel what actually transpired between the woman and the police, and bring the policemen that perpetrated the act to book.

The governor said he was particularly disturbed by media reports linking policemen to the alleged beating of the woman, in spite of her status as a nursing mother.

He described as regrettable, the said police action which he lamented was coming barely two weeks of his celebrating Women’s Day with funfare.

The governor declared that the law on violence against women was still subsisting in the state, and that the law would be applied as appropriate in this matter.

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