The Lagos State Police Command said it has identified a man accused of masturbating and harassing a woman in a public vehicle and has vowed to arrest him.
In a statement issued by Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the command’s Public Relations Officer, the police identified the accused simply as Mr Matthew, who is said to be a driver of GTC Laundry Services in the Isheri area of Lagos.
According to the police, following the social video post and complaint by Olajumoke Okeyemi, several women who had endured similar experiences with Matthew have also come forward with their allegation.
The police also debunked the claim by the accused that he is their officer.
The statement read: “The Lagos State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that the man allegedly caught in the viral video where a lady videoed and accused him of masturbating in a commercial vehicle on 13th March, 2021 has been identified (Not a police officer).
“The man, simply identified as Mr Matthew, who assaulted the lady, one Olajumoke Okeyemi, for correcting his actions and act of sexual harassment in a public vehicle is a driver employed by GTC Laundry Services, along Channels TV Road, Isheri, not a police personnel as he claimed during the “drama” in the video.
“Mr Matthew was in a commercial bus moving from OPIC Estate Isheri to Mowe with the lady when the suspect resorted to verbal abuse and attempted to physically assault the lady for recoding his criminal and indecent act on her phone.
“But for reasons best known to the suspect, Mr Matthew, impersonated to be a police officer.”
The police said it has commenced investigation in collaboration with the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team into the matter and intensified efforts to arrest the suspect.
“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu has however condemned such inhuman, immoral and criminal act of Mr Matthew who, with his careless and unguided utterances, dragged the name of the Nigeria Police Force in the mud,” the statement added.
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