Three female students of the Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state, have been held in custody for allegedly assaulting a lady over allegations of boyfriend snatching.
PUNCH Metro gathered exclusively from a police source in the area that the students were arrested after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
According to reports, the viral showed some female students flogging the victim with long, thick canes.
They claimed their mothers were aware of their actions, saying they did not care about who the victim was involved with or reported the case to.
The victim was left with visible injuries on her back and head.
Despite some students pleading with one of the attackers, identified as Lolade, to stop the assault, she refused, saying the beating was meant to teach the victim a lesson.
Reacting to the video, the Ogun State Police Command said it had launched an investigation.
In a post on X on Wednesday, the command confirmed that the Igbesa Divisional Police Officer had taken over the case.
“The Ogun State Police Command is on top of the situation, and the DPO Igbesa has taken charge of the case,” the post read.
Meanwhile, the police source, who did not want to be mentioned in the media, told our correspondent that the three students had been arrested.
The source said, “Three students have been arrested and they are in custody.”
Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, when contacted on Wednesday, promised to get back to our correspondent but had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.
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