Ogun State Police Command has rejected as false the story in some on-line media that an accused was tortured to death in its cell and had therefore commenced autopsy on the body of the deceased to confirm to the public the true cause of death.
The command insisted that it holds a strong commitment to upholding fundamental human rights laws, particularly when it comes to treatment of suspects claiming that “torture is strictly against our protocols and principles.
“Ogun state police command is well versed in the legal framework that safeguards the rights of individuals in custody, free from all forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.”
In a release signed by the public image maker of the command, SP Omolola Odutola yesterday, the police narrated its own side of the incident thus:
It is a fact of public knowledge that Sagamu town witnessed a series of cult clashes where 5 rival cultists were murdered.
Following an intelligence report that suspected cultists on the wanted list of Ogun State Police Command, were within Atoyo area of Sagamu, on Saturday 18th November 2023, the police swung into action on a covert operation where two suspected cultists were apprehended. Oduyiga Seyi Samson “m” 39 years and Gbenga Adegoke ‘m’ notorious members of Buccaneer and Eiye confraternity were arrested.
On Interrogation, both Seyi and Gbenga made a confessional statement to being members of the outlawed Buccaneer and Eiye confraternity Secret cult. Seyi confessed he was initiated in 2015.
For the records, the deceased was already charged for Cult related activities and he was taken to Court on Thursday, 23rd November 2023 where he was to be arraigned before a special Court on cultism case in Isabo Abeokuta, but the honourable Court did not sit, and he was brought back to Eleweran in Abeokuta the same Thursday. Seyi was to be taken back to the court at the next available day that the Court will sit, which is on Friday, 24th November 2023.
However, on Friday, 24th November, at about 0500 hours, Seyi went berserk, shouting, bitting with teeth, and assaulted other suspects in the cell until he got exhausted. Other suspects in the cell alerted policemen on duty. He was taken to the police hospital and later to Ijaye General Hospital Abeokuta, along with other suspects he gave bites in the cell for medical treatment against infection. Other suspects were treated and discharged, but Seyi, while on medical attention, later gave up the ghost.
Every other allegation is hereby debunked as the accurate position is what has been stated above.
The police assured that as soon as the autopsy report about the deceased is out, it will give further details.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of police, CP Alamutu Abiodun Mustapha has commiserated with the deceased’s family.
