A Lagos resident, Olufunmilayo Brioluwa has been charged with assaulting a police officer.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this yesterday.
Hundeyin said Brioluwa assaulted a police officer during a “stop and search” operation in Oyingbo, Lagos State.
She was alleged to have grabbed the officer’s uniform, “shoving him with all sense of impunity.”
She appeared before of a magistrate’s court in Eti-Osa Local Government Area.
Brioluwa pleaded not guilty to the allegations brought against her before Magistrate Alao M.O.
The Magistrate granted the police prosecutor’s request to keep her in custody for 21 days awaiting investigation.
She was then remanded in custody at Kikiri Prison until June 6, 2023, when the case will be heard.
This is coming only a few hours after Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti was charged with assaulting a police officer in uniform.
