VIDEO: Outrage as police detain teenage girl ‘by proxy’ in Kwara

Multiple videos circulating on social media have sparked outrage over the detainment of a teenage girl at a police station in the Arandun area of Kwara state.

In a series of videos posted by #oba_adebayo_13 on TikTok, the footage captured moments when residents of the area stormed the police station.

The clips showed people storming the police station and demanding the release of the teenager or charging her to court rather than detaining her for over three days.

In a video made by the mother of the detained girl, she explained that her daughter, currently in detention, is not the accused.

Speaking in Yoruba, she said, “My child did something wrong and the police came to arrest me after all efforts to reach the child proved abortive. I was later released after three days, after paying for bail.

“After one week, they came to pick up my other daughter of sixteen years old, and she has been in detention for three days.” She added.

All efforts to get further information from the Kwara State Police Command proved abortive as of the time of filing this report.

PUNCH Online in 2024 reported that the Nigeria Police Force condemned the practice of “arrest by proxy,” describing it as unacceptable and an act of wickedness.

Watch the video:

𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 ‘𝐁𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐲’ 𝐈𝐧 𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐚

Credit: TikTok | oba_adebayo_13
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