The Kwara State Police Command has charged
Jimoh Abdulfatai of Shao in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, and four of his friends to court for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, Ayomide Afolayan over an allegation of cheating.
A statement by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Okasanmi Ajayi, gave the names of the friends to include Olamide Babatunde, Afeez Ayomide, Agboola Abdulsamad and Yakubu Mustapha.
Ayomide, a student of the Bartholomew College of Health, Kwara State, was said to have been invited to Abdulfatai’s residence.
Eighteen-Eleven Media gathered that when Ayomide arrived at the house, she met Fatai and his four friends, who started interrogating her.
The friends were said to have accused Ayomide of cheating, as they grabbed her hands and legs and flogged her.
After the assault, Ayomide reportedly took to her WhatsApp status, where she shared her ordeal and a video clip of the incident.
In the video clip, Jimoh, with the help of his friends, stripped Ayomide to her pants and flogged her buttocks with a cane, while she pleaded for mercy.
Meanwhile, the Kwara State Police Command said when the Police in Shao got wind of what it described as a “highly despicable incident”, it said that prompted a swoop on the scene. “The suspects were rounded up, the victim liberated and was taken to hospital for treatment.”
“The Commissioner of Police (CP) Tuesday Assayomo, directed immediate transfer of the matter to the Command’s CID for discreet and timely investigation.
“The suspects confessed to the crime, and the reason adduced for their senseless action was a mere suspicion of infidelity on the part of the lady which the lady vehemently denied. Despite the denial, the boyfriend forcefully retrieved the lady’s telephone handset and handed over the phone to one of his friends to start recording the actions and eventual posting on social media.
“Investigation done with, suspects were charged to court and were remanded in custody pending the hearing and actual trial of the matter.
“This will serve as a deterrent to other people having such criminal and appalling tendencies in their minds.
“The Commissioner of Police Kwara State wishes to use this opportunity to advise parents on the need to be parents in the real sense of it; parents should monitor their children, and know the kind of friends they keep so as to avert this type of ugly incident”, SP Ajayi stated.