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Published 13 March 2021
Published 13 March 2021
A resident of Erin-Osun in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, Teslim Ibitoye, has narrated how some policemen allegedly shot his brother dead in 2017 and refused to release his corpse since then.
Teslim, who spoke on Friday before the Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality, human rights violations and extrajudicial killings, said the cops also inflicted an injury on his spinal cord.
The petitioner explained that the killing of his brother, Akeem Ibitoye, who he described as the breadwinner of the family, had impacted negatively on the family’s wellbeing.
Osun panel summons ex-commissioner, three police officers over extortion, violation of human rights Osun panel summons ex-commissioner, three police officers over extortion, violation of human rights
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Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry sitting in Osogbo, on Thursday, summoned the former Osun State Commissioner of Police, John Omoronike, and three police officers for refusing to release the corpse of Babatunde Daniel, a final year Mechanical Engineering Students of Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, that was killed by the then Area Commander of Ilesa, Osun State, Mr Joshua Atunise, after tagging him an armed robber.
The Chairman of the panel, Retired Justice Akin Oladimeji, who gave the order that the police officers must appear before the panel at its next sitting fixed for February 18, 2021, and that their appearances are mandatory.