Policemen in Ekiti state have allegedly beaten up and detained a woman, Toyin Adeyeye, her two months old baby, Heritage, and her younger brother, Adeniyi Dada for refusing to give bribe at a checkpoint in Ado Ekiti, few meters away from the official residence of the Commissioner of Police, Abdullahi Chafe.

The woman was arrested with her baby and brother at the checkpoint in front of Ekiti Pavilion where they were allegedly beaten by about five policemen who later took them to the New Iyin Police Station where the beating continued.

Speaking with reporters, the woman’s husband, Akanni Adeyeye, decried the alleged brutality meted out to his wife with lacerations on her body and bruises on the face.

Adeyeye who slept in the police station in solidarity with his wife explained that the policemen requested for vehicle particulars and driver’s licence of his brother-in-law who drove the car which are still valid.

He said one of the policemen withheld the documents demanding that they be “settled,” a euphemism for bribe which his wife and her brother on account that the vehicles papers were valid.

Already, the state chapter of Federation of International Women Lawyers, has launched an investigation into the matter.

When contacted, the Commissioner of Police, said the detainees slapped a policeman on duty and tore his uniform adding that the matter was still under investigation.