Nollywood actress, April Joju Muse, was yesterday assaulted by a Policeman after he scratched her car with a van.
In a chat with our reporter, the state police spokesperson, Sp. Chike Oti said the state police commissioner, Edgal Imohimi, after seeing the disturbing video, ordered the arrest of the erring officer. After investigation, the officer was found guilty and has been dismissed from the force. Oti added that the officer will be arraigned in court tomorrow.
'The officer in question that is attached to the Atiwe police station has been arrested and after a summary trial, has been dismissed from the force. He will be arraigned incourt tomorrow. Be rest assured that justice must be done' he said.
She shared video of the assault on Facebook and it got reactions from some Nigerian celebrities. The officer has now being arrested.
Nigerian singer, Rugged Man just shared a video of Lagos state police commissioner reacting to the incident and wrote;
“At the sit down with the police and concerned youths this morning, I got loads of tags on the Video of an officer assaulting actress April Muse. I immediately told and showed @opetodolapo who was seated beside me and she swung into action. When it was my turn to speak, it was one of the things i spoke about and @aleeygiwa and oga Moshood were shocked and all got on their phones to see the video.
Just an hour after, the Lagos Force PRO of @policenglagos @chikeotigodwin just announced that the officer from Ajiwe police station that assaulted actress April Muse has been arrested.
That April is at the station as we speak.
We all need to do our best to keep exposing such officers wether sars or not.
We all need to play our part in this matter to #ENDSARSBRUTALITY #endpolicebrutality #MakePoliceourfriend”
'The officer in question that is attached to the Atiwe police station has been arrested and after a summary trial, has been dismissed from the force. He will be arraigned incourt tomorrow. Be rest assured that justice must be done' he said.
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