The Nasarawa State Police Command has commenced probing into the alleged assault on a 20-year-old student of Federal University, Lafia.
The student, identified as Blessing Mathias was reportedly assaulted by a lecturer at the same institution, Fred Ayokhai, who was heavily called on social media.
The lecturer, who is a staff at the History and International Relations department of the institution was seen in a now-viral video, assaulting the student, with help from his children.
Ayokhai and his children have been condemned for assaulting and stripping the lady naked in defence of his daughter.
Blessing was said to have beaten the lecturer’s daughter, Emmanuella Ayokhai over her man simply known as IG.
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The two ladies were reportedly IG’s lover.
Their fight ensued after she discovered that Emmanuella had her boyfriend’s number in her phone, which she refused to delete.
The said lady gathered her friends to beat Emmanuella. She was seen slapping Emmanuella and hitting her from different angles, asking her to delete the number.
In retaliation, Emmanuella in the company of her father, Fred Ekpe Ayokhai, and his brother, Praise Shola, and others attacked Blessing a few days after.
They also drove her to an unknown location as captured in a viral video, while Ayokhai used scissors to cut off Blessing’s clothes.
Commenting on the development; the Nasarawa State Police Command, via its official Twitter page, said, “Sequel to the viral tweet of assault on a female teenager in Lafia, the Command swiftly commenced an investigation into the case.
“It is gratifying to state that two suspects have been arrested in connection with the case while the vehicle used in conveying the victim to an undisclosed location where she was assaulted has been recovered. Efforts are ongoing to arrest the remaining suspects still at large”.