By Felix Mordi
A jealous young man who accused his girlfriend of promiscuity and, together with his four friends, assaulted the lady, have been arrested and arraigned by the police in Kwara State.
The supposed boyfriend, Jimoh Abdulfatai, and his four friends, Olamide Babatunde, Afeez Ayomide, Agboola Abdulsamad and Yakubu Mustapha, with whom Jimoh committed the wicked act have, however, been remanded in a Correctional Center.
The Kwara State Police Command, through its spokesman, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, had reacted to a trending video where Jimoh Abdulfatai cruelly assaulted the lady, identified as Ayomide Afolayan, while the said friends firmly held the victim on both hands and legs for as long as the wicked act lasted.
In a press release, e-signed by the PPRO, he said: “The Kwara State Police Command wishes to inform the general public of her swift action in response to a viral video that trended in many social media platforms, blogs and on virtually every lip yesterday, showing a young lady by name Ayomide Afolayan (other details withheld) seen being horrendously, heartlessly and indecently assaulted by her supposed boyfriend, named Jimoh Abdulfatai of Shao in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State.
“Her hands and legs were tightly held by four other friends of the first suspect named, Olamide Babatunde, Afeez Ayomide, Agboola Abdulsamad and Yakubu Mustapha for severe effect.
“The Police in Shao got wind of this highly despicable incident, which prompted a swoop on the scene; the suspects were rounded up, victim liberated and was taken to hospital for treatment”, the PPRO stated.
Further more, according to the command’s spokesman, “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. In spite of the denial, the boyfriend forcefully retrieved the lady’s telephone handset and handed it over to one of his friends, to start videoing the actions and eventual posting on social media”.
The state Commissioner of Police, Tuesday Assayomo, having directed immediate transfer of the case to the command’s Criminal Investigation Department (SCIID) for discreet and timely investigation.
They were, thereafter arraigned in court and remanded in custody, pending hearing and actual trial of the matter.
“This will serve as a deterrent to other people having such criminal and appalling tendency 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, know the kind of friends they keep so as to avert this type of ugly incident”, the statement concluded