Three Policemen Face Orderly Room Trial For Assaulting Pregnant Woman
Olaoluwa Folalu
Three policemen serving in Lagos State Command are currently undergoing orderly room trial for assaulting an eight-month pregnant woman.
This was disclosed on Saturday by the command’s spokesman, DSP Kenneth Nwosu,
According to Nwosu, the officers were arrested on Tuesday after a complaint about their alleged human rights infringement was reported.
“The law would take its cause on any member of the police force that committed any crime, particularly human rights abuse”, PPRO said.
The policemen, attached to Satelite Town Police Division were said to have sprayed tear gas on the pregnant woman in her car following an argument arising from the gridlock on the road.
The woman, it was learnt was rushed to Safe Hands Hospital at Old Ojo Road, Amuwo Odophin where she was allegedly operated upon and had the baby died less than 48 hours later.
The pregnancy complication, NigerianEcho learnt prompted the family to petition the police commissioner who ordered investigation into the matter and the result is the immediate arrest of the erring officers and their orderly room trial.