A beautician, Omobola Victor, has demanded the prosecution of some policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly assaulting him over roasted yam.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Victor was with his fiancée when he was accosted by the gun-wielding cops in the NEPA area of Akure, Ondo State.

It was gathered that the cops wanted to buy roasted yam, which the 25-year-old had also come for.

He said the operatives allegedly harassed him for staying where they were.

He said, “When I saw them there, I waited for them to buy their roasted yam from the seller before I bought mine, but the next thing I noticed was that the officer beside me touched my fiancée and she asked him why he touched her.

“The officer just faced me and asked me where my car was and I told him that I did not have any. One of the officials came down from the Hilux they brought and started beating me up, saying I was stupid. People that gathered were too afraid to do anything.

“They bundled me into their Hilux and drove off, leaving my fiancée there. I thought they would take me to a police station in Akure but they took me to the Yaba Police Station in Ondo town.”

The Ogun State indigene added that the cops asked him for his car when they got to the station, but he replied them again that he had no car.

Victor said he told the policemen that he was a beautician and showed them his Instagram account for them to verify.

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