Inspector general of police Usman Baba has ordered the prosecution of a professor Zainab Abiola accused of assaulting her orderly, Inspector Teju Moses.
Force PRO Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement issued on Thursday.
According to Adejobi, the professor alongside her domestic staff Rebecca Enechido and a male suspect currently at large assaulted the policewoman.
The spokesman said Baba strongly condemned the assault, adding: “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 statement said the IGP has ordered the withdrawal of all police personnel attached to the professor.
The IGP “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.”
