From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
An Abuja Magistrate Court has remanded Prof Zainab Duke Abiola, alongside her domestic staff in Suleja Correctional Center for assaulting a police orderly attached to her, Inspector Teju Moses.
The suspects, who were arraigned before the court on Friday by the police, were denied bail by the court.
The don, who is one of the widows of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola was arrested alongside her housemaid, Rebecca Enechido, after a video clip of the incident surfaced on social media on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a Magistrate court sitting in Wuse Zone 6, has ordered that they should be remanded in prison custody till the next adjourned date fixed for October 5, 2022.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, condemned the alleged assault of a police woman by Prof. Duke- Abiola and her domestic staff comprising the housemaid, Rebecca Enechido, and a male suspect currently at large.
The victim claimed that Duke, an activist, grievously assaulted her in the company of some accomplices on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at her residence in Garki, Abuja, due to her (policewoman) refusal to breach professional ethics by carrying out menial and domestic chores at her house.