The Ekiti State police command has detained an officer for allegedly stabbing a man over an argument in Ise-Ekiti, Ise-Orun Local Government Area of the state.
A lady had taken to the social media to cry for justice after a police officer allegedly attacked her father with a knife at their home.
In the viral video, the lady claimed that the officer, allegedly a chairman’s personal orderly launched an attack on her father in their home, following a disagreement between her younger brother and a female classmate.
According to her, the girl had reported the argument to her boyfriend which resulted in two police officers confronting the family and claiming they were there to make an arrest.
In the video clips with her dad in the hospital, the lady said, “I’m currently in Ise. This is my dad lying helplessly in the hospital. My kid brother had an argument with a classmate. An argument led to an argument. The girl angrily went on to call her boyfriend so that he would come and fight my kid brother at home. But when they got home, they did not meet my kid brother. They only met his elder brother.
“They started questioning the elder brother. They asked him to follow them to the police station that they wanted to arrest him. It was only one of them that went inside first.
“And he started challenging them by saying what did I do? Why are you taking me to the station? What is my offence? Then the guy started rushing him. He started hitting him. He started blowing him.
“Then he (her elder brother) started calling my dad to come out because my dad was not in the room with him. He started calling my dad to come out that some guys were hitting him. My dad comes out to come and separate them and ask what is going on. Why are you hitting my son?
“Then the next person came from nowhere, removed a knife and stabbed my dad in his belly. He stabbed my dad in his belly. But fortunately, my dad was able to use his hand to guide the knife. And this knife tore his hand.
“As we speak to you right now, this person who actually stabbed my dad is a police officer who works here. He is a police officer here in Ise Orun district. This is my dad. This is his belly.”
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Abutu Sunday who confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday explained that the commissioner of police, Joseph Eribo has directed the Criminal Investigation Department to conduct a thorough investigation on the matter.
The PPRO who did not disclosed the identity of the policeman, however said that ,” the officer in question has been taken into custody for investigation and other necessary actions.”
He added that, ” 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.”
