Policeman arrested for beating, stripping woman

Police authorities in Lagos State have ordered the arrest and detention of a policeman, Corporal Muhammed Nasir, who beat and stripped a woman naked. The video of the beating and stripping had gone viral on YouTube since Friday.
It showed the policeman, armed with an Ak47 rifle, brutalising two women at a street in Lagos. He dragged one of the women into a muddy water and stripped her naked. The altercation was alleged to have started over his demand from one of the women, a food seller, to sell him fish alone, without food.

The policeman, a mobile police officer, is believed to be attached to Mopol 20. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, disclosed that Nasir had been arrested. She said: “The attention of Lagos State Command has been drawn to a video clip posted on some internet sites via the YouTube which depicted a police officer beating up a woman.
“Upon viewing the video, the Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, swiftly set up a team and arrested a policeman by name Corporal Muhammed Nasir with Force Number 229057 who is believed to have been the one in the alleged video clip. “The officer is currently in police custody as investigation has commenced and the outcome would be made public.
“The commissioner of police wishes to assure Lagosians that a thorough investigation would be conducted as we are betrothed with protection of life of every citizen, not only that, the Nigeria Police Force is committed to exhibiting high sense of professionalism and respect to rule of law which is in accordance with the IGP’s Code of Conduct for officers.”