Oregbeni police division in Benin, Edo state
were Tuesday beaten black and blue, before
being strip ped nkd.The police officers
were said to have gone to make an arrest at
Oregbeni quarters, Ikpoba-Okha local
government area in Benin metropolis after
which they were humiliated and are
currently receiving treatment at an
undisclosed hospital.
It was gathered that the police women were
invited by a landlady in the area to arrest
one of her tenants when a fracas ensued.
The bubble busted when the tenant
insisted on taking her bath before going to
the police station, a request said to have
been declined by the police officers. The
situation degenerated into an argument, and
in the ensuing fracas, other residents in the
area joined the tenant to beat up the
officers and thereafter str* pped them nkd.
The landlady who's name was given as Mrs.
Okebuse, confirmed that she invited the
police because she had given the tenants
quit notice.
"When the police came to make arrest, they
started fighting the police. I ran for my live
and hide at the other compound," she said.
An eyewitness said "the landlady is in the
habit of harassing and intimidating her
tenants with police. The woman was taking
her bath and Police refused to allow the
woman take her bath but they refused."
Police Commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, who
confirmed the incident, expressed
disappointment over the attack, adding that
the police would not take it lightly.
Adebanjo said the attackers would be made
to face the full wrath of the law and that
suspects arrested have already been
charged to court.
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