Suspected Cultist Didn’t Die In Police Custody-Ogun Command Spokesperson
Contrary to media reports, 39-year-old Oduyiga Seyi Samson, a suspected cultist, did not die in police custody, Ogun state Police Command clarified and asserted on Sunday.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, a Superintendent of Police, who disclosed this in a statement she issued in Abeokuta, said Oduyiga and another suspected cultist, Gbenga Adejoke, were arrested in the Atoyo area of Sagamu sequel to reprisal cult clashes recorded in the town in October this year.
Oduyiga and Gbenga had during custodial interrogation allegedly confessed to being members of the outlawed Buccaneer cult.
‘It is a fact of public knowledge that Sagamu town witnessed a series of cult clashes where five rival cultists were murdered.
Following an intelligence report that suspected cultists on the wanted list of the Ogun State Police Command were within the Atoyo area of Sagamu, on Tuesday, November 18, 2023, the police swung into action on a covert operation where two suspected cultists were apprehended. Oduyiga Seyi Samson, ‘m’, 39 years and Gbenga Adejoke, ‘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.
The Ogun State Police Command vehemently refutes that the deceased man was tortured to death as it is being speculated on some online media platforms. The Ogun State Police Command holds a strong commitment to upholding fundamental human rights laws, particularly when it comes to treatment of suspects.
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.
The deceased man was already facing charges in respect of cult-related activities and he was taken to court on Thursday, November 23, 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 would sit, which is on Friday, November 24, 2023.
However, on Friday, November 24, at about 0500 hours, Seyi went berserk, shouting, biting with teeth, and assaulting 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 bit 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.
As soon as the autopsy report about the deceased man is out, the police will give further details. However, the Commissioner of Police, CP Alamutu Abiodun, Mustapha, commiserates with the deceased man’s family’ the statement said-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
