The Police in Lagos have
forced Olanrenju Gbedeogun,
an officer of the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence
Corps (NSCDC), to make a
statement that exonerates the police from the attack
that led to the death of two
officers of the corps as well
as led to the escape of some
oil pipeline vandals. It was learnt that in a frantic
bid to cover their tracks and
back-up their claim to the
presidency that it was
officers of NSCDC which
attacked the police, and that the police knew nothing
about the death of the two
NSCDC men, the police in
Lagos has subjected
Gbedeogun to severe torture
reportedly supervised by the Lagos State Commissioner of
Police where a videotaped
confession is said to have
been obtained. A police officer at the Owutu
Police Station who felt bad
about the latest
developments told us on
condition of anonymity that
if care was not taken urgently Gbedeogun would
be dead before daybreak. By
that time, the torture victim
had already spent over 24hrs
in detention, contrary to the
law. This is even as the IG of Police Mr Mohammed
Abubakar yesterday ordered
the unconditional and
immediate release of all
NSCDC officials in custody. Gbedeogun was one of the
NSCDC officers that escaped
from the vandalization scene
where the police killed two
of his colleagues. He was
found where he was hiding for fear of his life, and
arrested by the police. Our source said that in
forcing the confession out of
him, the police reminded
Gbedeogun of the case in Edo
State of Olaitan Oyerinde,
Governor Adams Oshiomole’s former aide who was
allegedly killed by the police
last year, suggesting that a
similar fate could be his if he
failed to cooperate with
them.
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