Police Officer Injures Pregnant Woman Over N50

The officer reportedly hit the expectant mother with the butt of his
gun over a bribe

A police officer in Bayelsa has attracted mass outrage after he
allegedly hit a pregnant woman.

The incident is said to have occurred yesterday, August 26, 2014 and
it led to protests by commercial tricycle, aka Keke NAPEP, operators
in the state.

The unidentified police officer was allegedly trying to extract a N50
bribe from a tricycle driver but when the latter resisted, the officer
attacked him and hit the woman in the process.

The victim reportedly sustained a mouth injury after the assault which
left her bleeding.
She was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Officials of the Azikoro Divisional Police Headquarters in the state
described the officer's conduct as careless but denied that he had
used the rifle butt to hit the pregnant woman.


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