Police arrest Indian hemp seller threatening officers with knife in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command on Friday said it had arrested a woman seen in a viral video holding a knife and cursing some police officers for allegedly arresting her over the sale of cannabis, commonly known as Indian hemp.

The middle-aged woman, wearing a green gown, was seen seated inside a car, hurling insults and cursing the officers for arresting her.

She later came down from the car, holding a knife and moving menacingly towards a young woman, apparently one of the officers who was recording the altercation.

Speaking in Yoruba, the woman, among other things, said, “Why are you troubling us, are we the only ones selling Indian hemp? And you have continued to harass us repeatedly, it will never be well with you….”

The incident was said to have occurred in Ijebu Igbo, the headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Speaking on the video on Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, confirmed the arrest of the suspect and said investigation was ongoing.

Babaseyi said, “The suspect has been arrested and the matter is already under investigation.”

The state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN, who was also contacted over the incident, confirmed that the woman would be charged to court by the police on Friday.

Ogungbade said, “I have contacted the CP over the viral video and I was told that the woman will be charged to court today.”