LAGOS, Nigeria ( VOICE OF NAIJA)-A Nigerian policewoman in Edo State, Inspector Edith Uduma is set to be unjustly dismissed by the Edo State Police Command for exposing alleged sexual molestation of a female detainee at a police division in Etsako West in Edo State.
SaharaReporters discovered that the policewoman had witnessed the incident involving one Sergeant Abraham Ozobor and a female detainee whose name is kept anonymous for privacy reasons.
The detained female who was 17 years old at the time was transferred from her cell to the administrative unit of the cell where the now dismissed Officer Abraham sexually assaulted her.
In a statement to SaharaReporters, sources in the know of the issue said that after witnessing the incident, the police divisional officer, the station officer and one Inspector Inah Yibala were contacted.
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However it was gathered that instead of the DPO, SP Osemwegie Lilian, to report the incident to appropriate authorities , she stalled and only reported five (5) days after it happened.
According to SaharaReporters sources, Inspector Edith was told not to file the case immediately but she did anyway. This insubordination angered the Ibie DPO, SP Lilian.
Inspector Edith was said to be coerced to drop the issue by the DPOs of Ibie, Jattu and Auchi Police station.
To confirm the development, sources told the SaharaReporters that the case was brought to light because Inspector Edith reached out to a Personal Assistant to the police commissioner to report the incident after the DPO failed to act. She was then directed to the area command to report. Until it got to the waits of the commissioner.
