LOCKDOWN VIDEO: Widow allegedly assaulted by a police officer recounts ordeal

Widow allegedly assaulted by a police officer has spoken after her video went viral as security officers were accused of brutalities.

67 Yr old woman narrates how she was abused by a policeman in the video. Recounting her ordeal, she said, she went to buy foodstuffs for her mini foodstuff shop at home, and while on her way home, the police officer asked her to return. … She felt a very sharp pain on his waist after the policeman had hit her with a standing broom twice on her waist.

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She broke down in tears as she narrated her ordeal. She has bruises at her waist. According to her, she cried all night and have not been able to go about her normal duties since.

The 67-yr-old widow allegedly assaulted cursed the police officer saying, ‘he will be sacked from the police service and stripped of his rank’.

However, she forgave the officer and withdrew the curses she pronounced on him for the maltreatment meted out to her.

The 67-yr-old widow allegedly assaulted believes the police officers should have treated her as a mother and not hit her.

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Watch the full video below.

https://www.facebook.com/JoyNewsOnTV/videos/221906589154794/

UPDATE ON COVID-19

Ghana’s Total Confirmed Cases: 214

**ACCRA**
Mandatory Quarantine
Confirmed: 80
Recovered: 0
Discharged(Home Mgt):
Well/Responding to Treatment: 49
Critical Condition: 0
Death: 0

**TAMALE**
Mandatory Quarantine
Confirmed: 10
Recovered: 0
Well/Responding to Treatment: 10
Critical Condition: 0
Death: 0

**GHANA**
Situation Routine Surveillance
Confirmed: 124
Recovered: 3
Discharged(Home Mgt):
Well/Responding to Treatment: 96
Critical Condition:
Death: 5

Source: NewsGhana24