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Police Arrest Officer who Allegedly Assaulted Female FUTA Student

Ololade Adeyanju/

The Ondo State Police Command today said it had arrested one of its men, who allegedly beat and injured a female student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure.

Two students of the institution were said to have had an encounter with some policemen attached to the ‘A’ Division Police Station, Akure, on Sunday night during which one of them being injured by a policeman.

Video of the encounter had already gone viral on social media.

In the video, a young lady was seen with one of her eyes bleeding and she kept saying, “Look at my eyes”.

See video:

Police Public Relations Officer Mr Femi Joseph, confirmed the incident and said the erring police officer had been arrested and would face trial.

Joseph however declined to reveal the identity of the policeman.

He explained that the matter involved two students, who were on a motorcycle and were drunk.

He said that the students refused to be checked by the policemen, who were on patrol.

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