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THE men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in collaboration with the community thugs have allegedly invaded the ancient town of Ihunbo in Ipokia local government area of Ogun State penultimate Friday night with the aim of attacking all the perceived enemies of one Mr. Joseph Olamide Adesiyan and the alleged perceived enemies, comprising over 90 percent of the youths of the community.
It was gathered that during the onslaught which began on the mid-night of Friday, May, 22, 2020, the alleged thugs under the protection of the policemen coordinated by one Abiodun Kolawole Akanni, an Assistant Superintendent of Police working directly with the State Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson.
The alleged thugs led by a known smuggler, bunkerer and land grabber, Titus Babajide, alias Oppressor and they achieved their nefarious intention of ensuring that all the alleged perceived youths were chased out of the ancient town to the bush in the heart of the night, which they were yet to return to the town till the time of writing this report.
It added that several people were injured and property were destroyed during the dastardly attack on innocent indigenes of the community and it was said that the current onslaught was against those, who foiled their recent attempt to organise “Oro traditional festival” against the directive of the government that banned all the festivities and illegal gatherings across the state as a result of the outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Commenting on the development on Monday, the Executive Chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice, CHRSJ, Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, called on the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, to order for immediate investigation into the matter, which involved men of the police force.
Sulaiman, who is also the Convener, Save Lagos Group, SLG, urged the police to ensure immediate arrest of all the thugs who invaded the ancient community of Ihunbo.
He described the actions of the thugs and the policemen as affront to the fundamental human rights of the people as stipulated in the amended 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Sulaiman therefore, called on the police authority in the state to release those illegally arrested on the directive of the thugs on Friday, adding that the persons have been transferred to the Area Commander office at Ilaro.
– May 26, 2020 @ 12:25 GMT |
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