Crime

Police Begin Investigation into Alleged Extortion, Assault by Officer

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By Oluwatoyin Adegoke 

The Ogun State Police Command says it has commenced the process of disciplinary actions against the Police officers accused in a viral video of alleged assault and extortion at a checkpoint around Ijagun junction near Tai Solarin University of Education. 

The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Omolola Odutola who made this known to newsmen in Abeokuta said the Provost department of the Police was handling the disciplinary proceedings. 

The PPRO explained that preliminary investigation had indicated the officers’ misconduct, while the account number into which the money extorted was deposited had also been traced with the money recovered as exhibits. 

She stated that the Inspector, Rank and File had been detained for orderly room trial, and others involved had been issued official query as directed by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alamutu. 

Ms Odutola who restated that the Command would not tolerate any form of infringement on the rights of citizens or acts of misconduct among the officers and men promised that the outcome of the orderly room proceedings would be made public after the necessary investigation. 

The complaint, 24-year-old Miss Abidemi Soyemi had raised the alarm that a team of mobile police personnel had assaulted her on the 13th of January 2024 while she was taking her siblings to the campus of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode.

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Abiodun Sends Names of Commissioner Nominees, Aides for Approval

By Web News 844

Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, has been notified of Governor Dapo Abiodun’s plans to nominate former President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Mr Waheed Odusile and the Vice Chancellor, Tai Solarin University of Education, Professor Abayomi Arigbabu as commissioners designate for Ministry of Information and Strategy and, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology respectively.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Mr Kunle Somorin, indicates that the names of the two nominees have been forwarded to the State House of Assembly for screening.

The statement also announced the appointment of Fola Onifade as General Manager for the State Signage and Advertising Agency and Mr Sesan Asenuga, General Manager Parks and Garages Development Board, while Tolu Bankole was named Senior Special Assistant to the Governor and Mr Ifekayode Akinbode would serve as a Consultant on media.

The commissioner nominee for the Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr Odusile served as President of the Federation of African Journalists and also has considerable experience in broadcast and print journalism.

The Commissioner nominee for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Professor Arigbabu is a Mathematician and involved in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education and preparation programmes in Nigeria in the last two and a half decades.

Bolanle Adesida