The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State, has ordered the arrest of a police officer in Ise Ekiti, who was allegedly stabbing a man during a violent altercation linked to a disagreement involving the officer’s girlfriend and a schoolboy.
The incident reportedly occurred in Ise-Ekiti, sparking outrage after a video shared by the victim’s daughter went viral on social media.
In the video, the girl claimed the officer — said to be an orderly to a local government chairman — stormed their home with another officer after a quarrel between his girlfriend and her younger brother at school.
“He went on to stab my dad with his fellow police officer because his girlfriend was arguing with my brother at school,” she narrated in the video shared on X via Yoruba Times on Friday.
“They went to our house to deal with my brother, but on getting there, they didn’t meet my brother; they met my dad and elder brother.”
Police spokesperson, SP Abutu Sunday, said in a statement released via the Police Complaint X account that the Ekiti State Police Command noticed a video circulating on the social media where a young girl (name unknown) was complaining that his father was stabbed on his palm by a Policeman serving in Ise-Ekiti due to an argument that ensued between her brother and the Policeman's girlfriend.
The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo, upon noticing the complaint, directed the DC CID to take over the case and ensure a thorough investigation is conducted.
Meanwhile, the officer in question has been taken into custody for investigation and other necessary actions.
The Command is calling on everyone, especially the family members of the victim, to be calm, as nothing short of justice will be delivered in this case as soon as possible.
