How Human Right Activist Assaulted Personal Police Officer In Abuja
A human right activist and legal practitioner, Professor Zainab Duke Abiola, has been arrested alongside others, for allegedly assaulting a female police officer, Inspector Teju Moses, attached to her.
According to a statement released on Thursday by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Abiola who is a native of Mbaise, Imo state, connived with her house maid, Rebecca Enechido and a male suspect who is now at large, to assault the police orderly on Tuesday, September 20,2022 at her residence in Garki, Abuja, for refusing to carry out menial and domestic chores at her house.
Adejobi said the Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba “has directed the express prosecution of the arrested suspects who are currently in Police custody, as the preliminary investigation shows overwhelming evidence of culpability on the part of the Professor and her domestic staff.”
READ THE FULL STATEMENT BELOW:
GRIEVOUS ASSAULT ON WOMAN POLICE: IGP CONDEMNS ACT, ORDERS EXPRESS PROSECUTION OF CASE
As Professor, Other Culprit Arrested
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, has strongly condemned the grievous assault of a female Police Officer, Inspector Teju Moses, by her principal who is a Legal practitioner and human rights activist, Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola and her domestic staff comprising the house maid, one Rebecca Enechido and a male suspect currently at large.
Zainab Duke, an Mbaise born activist, grievously assaulted her orderly in company of some accomplices on Tuesday 20th September, 2022 at her residence in Garki, Abuja, due to the refusal of the orderly to breach professional ethics by carrying out menial and domestic chores at her house.
The IGP has directed the express prosecution of the arrested suspects who are currently in Police custody, as the preliminary investigation shows overwhelming evidence of culpability on the part of the Professor and her domestic staff. The IGP has equally tasked the investigative team to ensure that the fleeing suspect is arrested and made to face the wrath of the law.
It is pertinent to clarify that the suspect, Prof. Zainab, who name-drops the IGP, his family members, and other officers in the top hierarchy of the Force has no acquaintance with the Police in any form as erroneously peddled on social media.
The Inspector-General of Police who similarly ordered the withdrawal of all Police personnel attached to the Professor, expressed consternation at the fact that an individual who claims to be an advocate for Human Rights could stoop so low to violate the rights of another individual, a police officer tasked with ensuring her protection.
