By Abisola Oluremi
The Oyo State Police Command has ordered a thorough investigation into allegations of unprofessional conduct by operatives attached to the Jobele Police Division in Afijio Local Government Area of Oyo State.
A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, says the directive was issued by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Femi Haruna, following a protest that disrupted movement along the Ibadan–Oyo Expressway on Tuesday.
The statement explains that the Assistant Superintendent of Police who led the patrol team and the Divisional Police Officer of the station have been issued queries, while an Inspector linked to the incident has been detained pending the outcome of the investigation.
Some residents had on Tuesday staged a protest at the Jobele axis of the highway, blocking both human and vehicular movement to express anger over rising cases of kidnapping and other criminal activities in the area.
The protesters alleged that suspected kidnappers recently invaded a community in Jobele and attempted to abduct a woman, who escaped by scaling a fence but sustained a deep machete cut on her hand during the attack.
Radio Nigeria gathered that the community has recorded several kidnapping incidents in recent times.
Residents also claimed they apprehended a suspect allegedly found with a gun and other dangerous weapons and handed him over to the police, but later discovered that the suspect had been released almost immediately, a development that triggered the protest.
Edited by Olaolu Fawole
