Shocking! Read why DPO allegedly beats up female traffic warden
– Female traffic warden assaulted by DPO
– The female warden had stopped the DPO’s car in traffic but he got angry by her act
– Commissioner of police unhappy about the incident
Patrick Onwu, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ikenne Police Division, Ogun state on Monday, April 11, allegedly beat up a female traffic warden, Anifat Bello, for stopping his private vehicle at an intersection in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.
According to The Punch, Bello was discharging her official duty at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation junction, on the IBB Boulevard Way, while Onwu was travelling inward Abeokuta on the Siun-Kopabe-Sagamu Expressway.
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File photo of a Traffic Warden.
It was learnt that Bello had flagged down Onwu’s car as he approached the junction, but the DPO drove into a nearby NNPC Filling Station, disobeying the traffic warden as he was angered by Bello’s act.
Dressed in mufti when he allegedly disobeyed the traffic rule, Onwu was said to have driven into the filling station, parked and changed into a police uniform, and allegedly descended on the helpless traffic warden.
According to the report, he was said to have left the woman with a swollen face.
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Meanwhile, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the state police public relations officer, has said the commissioner of police Abdulmajid Ali, is unhappy about the incident and has directed that the matter be thoroughly investigated.
He said: “The woman traffic officer has reported the matter to the CP and he has directed that the matter be thoroughly investigated. The CP was not happy when the woman came with a swollen face.
“If the allegation is true, I am very sure the CP will know what to do.”
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