A police officer identified as Arthur Okeke with force registration number 453255 yesterday allegedly beat up a pregnant woman at the Bar Beach area of Lagos State.
The incident which was captured on tape saw the police officer screaming on the victim before pouncing on her and beat her up despite her condition.
Already, the family members are demanding for justice and punishment for the officer in question, whom they also flayed for tearing her clothes in the process.
According to the victim's sister-in-law who was simply identified as Busayomi T, the police officer who was in a commercial bus alongside the victim, has tried to rest his head on the headrest in front but ending up lying on the victim's back.
Apparently when she complained, the officer who did not take it lightly, dragged her out of the bus, pounced on her and tore her hijab in the process of beating her up.
According to Busayomi, the victim has since been rushed to the hospital where she is currently receiving treatment.
The few minutes video which showed the police officer shouting on top of his voice as he beat her up, also showed the passengers who tried to remind the officer that the lady is pregnant.
The whole incident might have been swept under the carpet but for the video which one of the passengers carefully recorded while the assault was going on.
Attempts to confirm the incident from the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozo Braide proved abortive as she did not reply to the text message sent to her as at press time.
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