Juliana Francis and Kunle Olayeni, Abeokuta
A woman, Abidemi, has accused a police inspector, Ijisakin
Amos Temitope of Adatan Police Station in Ogun State Police, of battering her.
According to her, the inspector attacked and beat
after she asked him about her missing phone.
Abidemi explained that she forgot the phone by the
window of Temitope, who happened to be her neighbour. She said that less than
five minutes after she left the place, where she kept the phone, she rushed
back, only to discovered it missing.
When she asked from Temitope, if he saw the phone,
he got angry and pounced on her.
She said: “On July 12, 2019, morning, I was outside
with my family, cutting freshly harvested coconut and placed my phone on his
window frame. I entered my flat forgetting the phone there; within three
minutes, I went out to pick the phone, but it was gone.
“At that time, there was nobody was in the compound
except me, my family, Inspector Ijisakin Amos Temitope and his girlfriend. I
asked my sister to go and ask him about the phone, but he denied picking it. I told
him it was less than five minutes that left the scene and nobody has entered
the compound. The phone was definitely within the premise. He went into a rage
and descended on me.
“He beat me into stupor for daring to ask for a lost
phone, which was forgotten on the outside of his window frame. He later brought
out the phone and smashed it on the floor. I saw hell in his hand; I was
mercilessly beaten.”
Abidemi and Temitope live in the compound-ground
floor. The woman said that the issue between them started on July 11, after she
saw a stranger trying to open gate to their compound at about 10pm.
She said: “I confronted him out of fear, wondering where
he got the keys to the main gate. He said the Inspector asked him to pick the
keys from where we normally keep it. I considered such an action as a security
risk. Temitope for sometimes now has often send many people-ladies and men to
pick the keys from where we normally kept it, secured for them to come to his
house.
“On July 12, 2019, as neighbour, I drew his
attention to the security implications of various unknown people he usually
sends to pick keys and open our security gate. He flew into rage, asking what audacity
I had to be questioning him about security issue. He threatened to beat me if I
dared confront him on such issue.”
She had to rush to hospital, to take care of herself,
after which she went to Obantoko Police Station to make a formal report.
Abidemi said: “At the station, I met the shock of my
life. I was threatened with arrest and detention for daring to come and report
the assault and brutality of the policeman on my person. I was actually
detained behind the counter for hours. It was my father, a retired police, who
called the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), before I could be
released! The matter could have ended on this note of injustice, but on getting
home, Inspector Temitope promised to deal with me. Temitope has promised to
kill me and my family members. He said ‘as a police officer, he was above the law.”
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola
Oyeyemi, while confirming that the command was aware of the incident, added
that the command has commenced investigation into the incident. According to
him, the Public Complaints Bureau of the command was handling the matter.
"The case has come to the knowledge of the
command and the Public Complaint Bureau of the command is investigating
it," Oyeyemi stated.
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