Following a viral video of a man caught masturbating in a commercial vehicle, the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the man.
He was caught masturbating on the 13th of March, 2021, by a lady who was a fellow passenger and was sitting next to him.
When the lady addressed him over what he was doing, he stated that it was his body and should be allowed to do what he wanted.
However, the police in Lagos State have arrested and confirmed that the man is not a police officer as earlier stated by citizens.
A statement released on Wednesday reads;
The man, simply identified as Mr Matthew, who assaulted the lady, one Olajumoke Okeyemi, for correcting his actions and the act of sexual harassment in a public vehicle, is a driver employed by GTC Laundry Services, along Channels TV Road, Isheri, not 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 Lagos State Police Command, in collaboration with the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, Alausa, Ikeja, has commenced an investigation into the matter and intensified efforts to arrest the suspect.
Incidentally, the suspect has also been identified by some other women who had similar experiences with the same Mr Matthew in previous years along the same route.
The concerned women have made a series of comments on social media that will assist the police in their investigation.
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.
He warned that such act constituents an offence under the law and will not be tolerated.
The Commissioner of Police has ordered the Gender Unit of the Command to expedite action on the case, arrest the suspect and commence a proper investigation to maintain sanity in our society and discourage others from engaging in such a heinous act.
E-SIGNED
CSP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI(minor)
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
LAGOS STATE COMMAND
IKEJA-LAGOS
DATED 17TH MARCH, 2021
