Police criticised for detaining teenage girl in Kwara
Multiple videos have surfaced online showing public anger over the detention of a teenage girl by police in the Arandun area of Kwara state. Residents can be seen demanding her release or that she be charged in court, rather than being held for several days. The girl's mother stated that her daughter is not the accused and shared her own experience of being detained and released after paying bail. Efforts to get more details from the Kwara State Police Command were unsuccessful as of the time of reporting.
What happened
- Videos posted by #oba_adebayo_13 on TikTok show residents storming the police station to protest the girl's detention.
- The mother of the detained girl explained that police initially arrested her when they could not find her child, and she was released after three days and paying bail.
- After one week, police reportedly detained her other daughter, who is sixteen years old, and she has been held for three days.
- The Nigeria Police Force has previously condemned the practice of “arrest by proxy,” calling it unacceptable and wicked.
- Attempts to get a statement from the Kwara State Police Command were unsuccessful at the time of the report.
