There was confusion at the Murtala
Muhammad International Airport,
Lagos State, on Monday after a yet-to- be identified air force lance corporal assaulted a senior policewoman.
Muhammad International Airport,
Lagos State, on Monday after a yet-to- be identified air force lance corporal assaulted a senior policewoman.
The lance corporal, who did not wear a name tag, was said to be working in the office of the Airport Commandant, Group Captain Victor Ajiboye. Punch Metro gathered that the corporal slapped the woman, a Chief Superintendent of Police, identified as Felicia Victor, three times for resisting attempts to tow a patrol vehicle.
Our correspondent learnt that a
sergeant, who drove the patrol vehicle, was also punched in the mouth by the officer.
sergeant, who drove the patrol vehicle, was also punched in the mouth by the officer.
A senior air force official, identified as Pilot Abdullahi, who witnessed the incident, was said to have intervened by disarming the officer and ordering his detention. A witness, who craved anonymity, explained that the police officers were on their way to a meeting with the Commissioner of Police, Airport Command, when the incident happened.
He said,
“The incident happened about
9.45am when the cops were going
for a meeting with the CP. They
reached a checkpoint and the air-
force man challenged them that he
had asked them to stop, but they
didn’t stop on time.
9.45am when the cops were going
for a meeting with the CP. They
reached a checkpoint and the air-
force man challenged them that he
had asked them to stop, but they
didn’t stop on time.
“The sergeant driving came down
and explained that he didn’t know
he flagged him down. But the lance
corporal said he would puncture
the tyres.
and explained that he didn’t know
he flagged him down. But the lance
corporal said he would puncture
the tyres.
“As he made to puncture one of the
tyres, the CSP blocked him, and he
slapped her. He went to the other
side of the bus, and she followed
him there, and he slapped her
again.
tyres, the CSP blocked him, and he
slapped her. He went to the other
side of the bus, and she followed
him there, and he slapped her
again.
“The sergeant, who drove the
vehicle, challenged him and he
punched him. The CSP asked the
air-force man if he was drunk, and
that upset him to slap her for the
third time.”
vehicle, challenged him and he
punched him. The CSP asked the
air-force man if he was drunk, and
that upset him to slap her for the
third time.”
The eyewitness said a superior air force officer who came around a nd saw when the corporal slapped the CSP for the third time, disarmed him and ordered his detention. When our correspondent visited the police station at Bissam, where the CSP worked, he saw her with her cheeks swollen.
Some other policemen were sighted by PUNCH Metrocondoling with her over the incident.
-Punch
