Policeman hits pregnant woman over alleged N50 bribe

 Keke Napep operators yesterday staged a protest against alleged excessive use of force and extortion by policemen along the streets and highways. They also said a pregnant woman was assaulted by a police inspector along the Azikoro way in the state.

  

The police inspector, whose identity is still unknown, was reported to have use the butt of his official rifle to hit the pregnant woman while trying to hit a Keke Napep driver who had refused to part with a N50 bribe.

While some senior officials of the Azikoro Divisional Police Headquarters described the action of the police inspector as “careless” and denied the alleged use of the butt of the rifle, the irate protesters claimed the action of the policeman led to excessive bleeding of the pregnant women from the mouth.

 The pregnant woman, according to the protesters, had been rushed to a private hospital known as Glory Land Hospital. A police source claimed a scan had been conducted which pronounced her and the pregnancy okay.

  It was gathered that the attempt by the protesters to barricade the

premises of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) along the Azikoro Road was thwarted by armed policemen who shot teargas into the crowd.