By Kamsi Anayo
A viral video circulating on social media showing women being sexually assaulted during a local festival in Ozoro, Delta State has drawn concern.
The footage, which emerged on Friday, showed groups of young men reportedly attacking women in public, forcibly tearing their clothes, and subjecting them to various forms of molestation.
Some reports suggest that women found outside during the event became targets of harassment, and there are unverified claims that certain victims may have been raped.
Reacting to the disturbing video, the Delta State Police Command described the incident as “alarming, disgusting and embarrassing.”
Spokesperson Bright Edafe in a terse statement on X said the Commissioner of Police, Aina Adesola, had immediately ordered a full investigation.
Edafe wrote on X: “This is alarming, disgusting and embarrassing. The CP has ordered an investigation into the incident. The command condemns this in totality, no custom or tradition is superior to the rights of citizens.
“The Commissioner of Police Delta State CP Aina Adesola urges Deltans to remain calm while assuring that those responsible for this barbaric act will be arrested and brought to justice.
The command also calls for witnesses who can provide with useful information that can aid the ongoing investigation.”
