Delta State Police Face Outrage Over Allegations Of Naked Torture And Mass Flogging Of Women In Nigeria

An investigation is currently underway in Nigeria following harrowing reports that the Divisional Police Officer of the Ugborikoko Police Station personally supervised the brutalization of fifteen women. The victims, who were rounded up during a series of house and mall raids in Delta State, allege they were stripped naked and subjected to forty strokes of a wire-reinforced rod each to coerce them into confessing to prostitution.

One survivor, Janet James George, detailed the terrifying ordeal to human rights advocates, explaining that the assault took place inside the DPO’s office while several male officers watched. George claims the victims were slapped and whipped across their bodies, including their private parts, until they agreed to sign statements admitting to sex work. The survivor noted that she has been left with severe physical injuries that have made basic daily functions nearly impossible since the incident occurred on April 10.

According to the testimony, the police operation targeted women indiscriminately, including those merely shopping at a local mall or traveling in commercial tricycles. Many were reportedly detained overnight without access to their phones before being forced to record video confessions under the threat of further violence.

Bright Edafe, the spokesperson for the Delta State Police Command, has publicly condemned the alleged conduct, describing the treatment of the women as “painful and very sad.” While the command has promised that the matter is receiving the highest level of attention, the incident has sparked widespread international concern regarding police brutality and the lack of human rights protections for women in the region.