The Nigeria Police on Wednesday disclosed that Zainab Duke-Abiola, one of the widows of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, has a case to answer over the alleged assault of Inspector Teju Moses, an orderly attached to her. A viral video clip shows Inspector Moses bleeding and asking to be taken to the hospital for medical attention. “She told her boys to kill me,” Moses said incoherently as she spoke to her direct boss on the phone.
You Have A Case To Answer, Nigeria Police Tell MKO Abiola’s Wife Accused Of Assaulting Female OfficerSpeaking to SaharaReporters, the late politician’s wife denied assaulting the officer whom she described as her former police orderly.
“She told her boys to kill me,” Moses said incoherently as she spoke to her direct boss on the phone. However, the Professor, who described her detention as a breach of her rights, had filed a suit against the Nigeria Police Force, NPF and the Inspector-General of Police.But responding in a statement on Wednesday, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, in a statement said the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, had ordered the prosecution of the human rights activist and her domestic staff members, including Rebecca Enechido.
Olumuyiwa noted that the case with charge no. CR/544/22 is ongoing and the next hearing will come up on February 1, 2023 at High Court 16, Zuba, FCT Abuja. “The FCT Police Command under which jurisdiction the matter transpired, has charged the suspects to court upon diligent investigation, and the case with charge no. CR/544/22 is ongoing and the next hearing will come up on 1st February 2023 at High Court 16, Zuba, FCT Abuja.
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