A father of three, Seyi Oduyiga, has been allegedly tortured to demise by the boys of the Ogun State Police Command of their custody over allegations of his involvement in cultism.
DAILY POST gathered that the sufferer was arrested by the police in a raid on 18th November, round 5:00pm, when, in accordance with his relations, he went to cost his cellphone.
It was additional gathered that, upon the arrest, the deceased and others have been taken to Awolowo police station in Sagamu the place the police accused him of cultism.
Sources within the space who didn’t need their names in print over the complexity of the matter instructed DAILY POST reporter that different suspected cultists arrested by the police insisted that the deceased was not a cultist.
After Oduyiga was taken to the police headquarters in Eleweran three days after his arrest, his demise was later introduced to his household after a number of makes an attempt to see him have been rebuffed earlier by the officers.
The deceased sister, Mary Oduyiga, insisted that justice have to be served.
She defined “We pleaded for his launch however they didn’t launch him. They launched the opposite particular person arrested, stating that the opposite one could be launched as a result of he didn’t have tattoos on his physique. Seyi was denied bail. He was arrested on Saturday night, and we went again there on Sunday and have been instructed that Inspector Raji was the IPO. They requested us to return again on Monday; the household representatives didn’t see the IPO on Monday; they mentioned he had stepped out.
“Seyi was begging to be launched since he had not dedicated any offence. My brother who was there mentioned the IPO threatened to make sure he made him endure, The IPO threatened that he have to be taken to Headquarters Eleweran and was ultimately taken there on Tuesday.
“I used to be residing in Ibadan; I needed to come to Abeokuta on Thursday night over the matter. I went to Eleweran on Friday and took alongside foodstuffs; bread, malt, and bottled water. Once I acquired there, I didn’t see the IPO; I used to be requested to attend for him. I acquired to Eleweran round 10:00 AM and couldn’t see the IPO till 1:00 PM. Once I first met him and instructed him I needed to see my elder brother, Seyi, he mentioned I ought to exit and wait till he was completed.
“Once I introduced the meals to the officers and mentioned I needed to offer my brother within the cell, they charged me N2,000, however I paid N1,000 to a policewoman.
“After a while, I misplaced my persistence, went again to the policewoman, and pleaded to be allowed to see my brother, then she agreed and took us to the cells. Some inmates mentioned he had been taken out since morning; we have been later referred to as upstairs to satisfy the Deputy Commissioner. We didn’t know he needed to interrupt the dangerous information to us; he then mentioned, “Your boy was misbehaving within the cell in a single day; he was biting the inmates, speaking to himself; he was behaving like he had run mad. They took him to the hospital, and on attending to the hospital, he gave up. He simply stopped respiration.”
The household is, nonetheless, insisting that their youngster should have been tortured to demise for refusing to pay a N200,000 bribe the police had earlier requested.
Responding via a press release, the command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, dismissed claims that the sufferer was tortured to demise.
The police spokesperson additionally famous that each the deceased and one different suspect had earlier made a “confessional assertion to being members of the outlawed Buccaneer and Eiye confraternity Secret cult. Seyi confessed he was initiated in 2015.
“The Ogun State Police Command vehemently refutes that the deceased was tortured to demise as it’s being speculated in some on-line media.
“Torture is strictly in opposition to our protocols and rules. Ogun state police command is properly versed within the authorized framework that safeguards the rights of people in custody, free from all types of merciless, inhuman, or degrading therapy.”
Odutola was, nonetheless, silent on the N200,000 bribe allegation.