Professor Zainab Duke Abiola will face police prosecution after she and aides were arrested for assaulting a police officer attached to her.
Abiola, a wife to late business mogul and politician Moshood K. Abiola was accused of brutalising the police orderly after she refused to engage in domestic work in Mrs. Abiola’s house.
According to a statement by Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Thursdayin Abuja, the Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba has demanded a express prosecution of Prof. Abiola who is a lawyer and a human rights activist.
“The IGP has directed the express prosecution of the arrested suspects who are currently in Police custody, as the preliminary investigation shows overwhelming evidence of culpability on the part of the Professor and her domestic staff.
“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has strongly condemned the grievous assault of a female Police Officer, Inspector Teju Moses, by her principal who is a Legal practitioner and human rights activist, Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola and her domestic staff comprising the house maid, one Rebecca Enechido and a male suspect currently at large.
“Zainab Duke, an Mbaise born activist, grievously assaulted her orderly in company of some accomplices on Tuesday September 20, 2022 at her residence in Garki, Abuja, due to the refusal of the orderly to breach professional ethics by carrying out menial and domestic chores at her house.
“The Inspector-General of Police who similarly ordered the withdrawal of all Police personnel attached to the Professor, expressed consternation at the fact that an individual who claims to be an advocate for Human Rights could stoop so low to violate the rights of another individual, a police officer tasked with ensuring her protection.”
