The family of a deceased, Waheed Olarenwaju has made an application before Oyo State Judicial Panel on Police Brutality that his corpse be released for burial.
Counsel to the family, Mr Adekola Kareem made the appeal at today’s sitting of retired Justice Badejoko Adeniji-led panel in a petition with OYJPPB/065.
The late Waheed Olarenwaju was alleged to have defiled a 13 year old girl Akintunde Ifeoluwa at Galaxy Oke Are Ibadan around 6.30 in the evening on January 10th, 2021.
Ifeoluwa was said to have been defiled by the deceased, who had sent her on an errand.
On hearing about the sexual assault, the teen’s mother who happen to be a member of Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, called her colleague who then arrested Waheed Olanrewaju.
Olanrewaju was said to have tried to escape while being taken to the police station on a bike, which led to his being beaten to death by the OPC members and IfeOluwa’s mother.
Thereafter, they allegedly carried Olanrewaju’s corpse to the police station where it was later deposited at the Adeoyo Hospital mortuary.
During a cross examination, the defense counsel to the police Mr Matthew Ojeh said investigation was still going on the matter.
The Panel therefore ordered the counsel to the Police to produce the mother of the girl defiled by Olanrewaju, Mrs Funmilayo Ojo along with Mr Oore-Ofe Temitope, the okada rider that carried the deceased on the day he was beaten to death.
The panel then adjourned the petition till 15th June 2021 for further hearing.
Funmilola Obagbayegun
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