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Organized civil societies groups and youths have embarked on protests in Osogbo, Osun State capital following the killing of a 32-year-old businessman, Abiola Afolabi, arrest of his friend, Mathew, and harassment of the victim’s mother.
Civil Society Organisations(CSOs) including Osun Police Watch, Dialogue 360, Transparency Accountability Group, and youths on Friday barricaded the popular Ola-Iya Iconic flyover bridge and roads thereby forcing motorists to take a detour.
The leader of the protesters, Comrade Oluwasegun Idowu said: “While Abiola Afolabi was in front of his house in the Capital Area of Osogbo on Sunday 3rd of April, 2022, when some policemen arrived his house, shot him on his leg and arrested his friend and one other person. The police denied him access to his lawyer and family members. A family member who visited one of them was beaten by the police.
We are demanding the removal of CP Olawale Olokode for aiding police brutality in Osun State. He has swept several cases of killing by police under the carpet.”
The aunt to the deceased, Bunmi Olaiya said: “Our son is not an armed robber, he was a businessman and gentle person to the core, I brought him to Osogbo, his mother is on the way to Osogbo, she must not know that her son was gruesomely murdered. The police authority must produce the killer policemen who killed Abiola Olabomi, a cousin to Aragbiji and others else we shall be mobilising for a massive protest against the police in the coming days.”
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola warned against any planned protest against the policemen executing their lawful duties in the state by youths.
She noted that; “Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode wishes to set the record straight that, on 29th March, 2022 at about 02:14 am, we received a distressed call from a woman around Dada Estate Area of the State, Zone Nine, about the activities of some suspected criminals who had jumped into her compound and invaded the premises carted away 1 laptop, 5 phones, N300, 000, and other valuable items.
On Monday 4th 2022 at about 02:15am, the information received based on intelligence was that some fully armed suspected criminals and hoodlums were holding nocturnal meeting behind a house around the same Dada Estate Area. The police quickly stormed the area. On sighting the Police, the suspected criminals opened fire on them, police responded accordingly and in the process, one of the suspected criminals was hit and injured, two were arrested including a lady while others escaped through the bush.
The injured suspected criminal was taken to a hospital for treatment but later died.”
If in any situation you see a group of people caught by police and resulted in exchange of gun shot,you must aware those people involved must be either cultists or so call Yahoo.people.Let’s us be careful the way we are raising our children.Bastards are too much in our society.Our police must also be honest in their dealings