Nigeria, March 12 -- The police in Edo State, South-south Nigeria, said they have arrested an operative seen assaulting a young woman in a viral video.

In a statement posted on X on Monday, the police spokesperson in Edo, Chidi Nwabuzor, identified the operative as Samuel Imakor, a sergeant attached to Iruekpen police station in the state.

The erring operative, Mr Nwabuzor said, was brought to the Commissioner of Police in the state, Funsho Adegboye, where he confessed to have slapped the woman, identified as Mercy Ajayi.

Justifying his action, the erring operative said the woman first slapped him in a vehicle while he was trying to arrest her on the allegation that she stole a human hair in a hotel.

The commissioner of police has ord...