Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun
The Ogun State Police Command has begun investigating the state’s Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun.
He was allegedly accused by a 16-year-old girl of sexual harassment.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s spokesperson, who reacted to a viral video of the young girl, said the commissioner was being investigated.
He said the case was presently being investigated by the Area Commander, Ogbere, and that the outcome would be made public.
The 16-year-old in a Facebook video post that has now gone viral alleged that the commissioner connived with her uncle and a teacher from another secondary school to lure her to his house, where he sexually harassed her by touching her breasts.
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Ogun State Government says it has suspended the Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, from office for alleged sexual harassment of an underaged girl.
The government said the suspension will last pending the conclusion of an independent investigation into the allegation.
The Commissioner was alleged of sexual harassment by a 16-year-old Barakat Melojuekun.
A statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, said the suspension of the commissioner is to enable him to cooperate fully with the independent investigation being carried out by the Police.
The statement read “whilst taking cognizance of the principle of a suspect being presumed innocent until proven guilty and the public statement issued by Hon. Abudu-Balogun denying the allegation, as a government with zero tolerance for gender-based violence and indeed any criminality, the suspension is a further dem
Alleged sexual assault: Ogun goment suspend commissioner over alleged sexual harassment of school girl
3 January 2021
Wetin we call dis foto,
Abiodun Abudu-Balogun deny say im harass di underage girl.
Goment for Ogun state south west Nigeria don suspend di commissioner for environment Abiodun Abudu-Balogun from office sake of sexual harassment case wey one 16 years old girl drop ontop im head.
For statement di goment say di suspension go dey till dem finish independent investigation ontop di allegation.
Tori be say di secondary school release video wey go viral. For di video di girl claim di commissioner allegedly sexually harass her for im house.
The government said the suspension would last pending the conclusion of an independent investigation into the allegation.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 03, 2021
Ogun State Government says it has suspended the Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, from office for alleged sexual harassment of an underaged girl.
The government said the suspension would last pending the conclusion of an independent investigation into the allegation.
The commissioner was alleged of sexual harassment by a 16-year-old Barakat Melojuekun.
A statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, said the commissioner s suspension would enable him to cooperate fully with the independent investigation being carried out by the police.
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The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has suspended Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, over an allegation of sexual harassment, levelled against him by a 16-year-old, Barakat Melojuekun.
The young teenager in a viral video which went round on different social media platforms on Saturday had accused Abudu-Balogun of an attempt to harass her sexually at his Ibiade residence in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the state.
However, the commissioner in a statement described the allegation as cheap blackmail on the part of his political adversaries to tarnish his image.
The governor in a statement made available to newsmen and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, said the suspension became imperative so as to enable the commissioner to cooperate fully with the independent investigation being carried out by the police.