Bayelsa State Police Command has paraded three of the four suspects linked to the assault of Nancy Wilfred, whose humiliation in a viral video sparked widespread outrage.
Nancy was beaten, stepped on, stripped naked, and filmed during the attack, which later circulated online.
The suspects — identified as Kadi Daniel, Miracle, and Becky, all students of the Federal University, Otuoke — were presented at the police headquarters in Yenagoa on Thursday. The fourth suspect, Favour, remains at large.
Confessing to her role, 20-year-old Daniel admitted the group assaulted Nancy under the influence of alcohol.
Another suspect, Blessing, expressed regret, saying peer pressure worsened the situation. She recounted:
“After everything, I went to the kitchen and I was crying. Favour was like, ‘Na you beat person, na you dey go cry’ – that gingering power. I was so weak because the alcohol had cleared from my eyes. With my normal eyes, I wouldn’t have done what I did. I did it because I was high and under peer pressure – out of anger.”
Blessing further revealed that Nancy was lured to their residence, stripped, and humiliated after being accused of using charms to attract men. She said Miracle deceived Nancy into coming under the pretense of retrieving missing clothes:
“When we went to the house, Becky and Nancy were having issues. Already, we had problems, but I kept them to myself. I didn’t want anything that would result in a fight. That day, due to alcohol influence, Favour was urging me like, ‘You no go do am? She don do you,’ and I then stood up. I went to Nancy and said, ‘Who you say make dem carry do house help for this house because I dey help una wash clothes and the rest?’ She couldn’t say anything. Becky had already started beating her before the video began.”
Bayelsa Police Commissioner, CP Francis Idu, confirmed that investigations are ongoing and pledged that all perpetrators will face justice.
He said:
“This is a case of conspiracy to murder, abduction, cyberbullying, and others, which we will not take lightly. There are four girls; three have been arrested, and we are on the trail of the fourth. We are working to ensure that, at the end of this investigation, we present a complete and detailed result and allow the judiciary to take over.”
Idu also commended Governor Douye Diri, his wife, civil rights groups, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) for their support in ensuring accountability in the case.
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