A family in Mombasa is seeking justice after their 17-year-old daughter was allegedly assaulted by an Administration police officer last evening.

According to the victim, Sophia Taufiq who lives with her mother as her parents have separated, she had gone to visit her father in Old Town to break the fast before the incident happened. The said police officer is a cousin to his father and is currently on leave.

" I had him fighting with another family member and i immediately rushed to a room to hide myself from the commotion. It's  then that he followed me to my room and started applying saliva on my neck asking if i had a boyfriend, I was forced to tel him that he was my boyfriend in order to avoid problems but he descended on me with slaps. He also hit me with a belt" said Sophia

According to the victim’s mother Rukia Abdalla, the assailant who has been identified as Hamza Yusuf claimed that he was disciplining the victim when asked why he had to assaulted girl.

"He told me there is nowhere i can take him even after i told him that i will raise the issue with the police, he told me to go ahead and report. The sad part is that his family has not taken the issue seriously even Sophia's father. They all fear him. He is very violent" said Rukia.

Addressing members of the press, Haki Africa’s deputy executive director Salma Hemed condemned the act terming it as unacceptable revealing that they have already reported the incident at the central police station, taken a P3 form and are also following up the issue with the Independent Police Oversight Authority.

"We should not allow such incidents to take place in our society, this is totally unacceptable, no one is above the law even if you are a police officer" said Salma.

"We will follow up this matter to the end and ensure that action is taking against the said officer" she added