Alaka Abayomi, an oil marketer
and owner of Alaka Petroleum, who was arrested by the police on Monday for
alleged sponsorship of Badoo cult has broken his silence.
Abayomi, a landlord in the
highbrow Magodo, said he was not a sponsor of Badoo and threatened to sue the
Police and the media.
He was arrested by
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Special Tactical Squad (STS) and paraded
before reporters who were taken round a shrine in Agbowa, near Ikorodu,
described as the largest in the area.
Reacting, Abayomi said: “For some
months now, a recording that mentioned my name, those of the Ikorodu monarch,
Ibeshe monarch, a man called Be Happy and others have been circulating online
under the allegation that we are Badoo sponsors.
“No one ever came to challenge me
or asked about it until last week when I was invited to police station”, he told
The Nation.
“Before they took me to the
station, they searched my house and they found nothing incriminating. They took
me to police station. I was not allowed to write any statement. I was released.
“Then, three days ago, they came
around 11pm and I asked them what happened? They said they wanted to see me in
their station. After that, they went to De King Hotel, Ikorodu and asked for
the owner. They said they wanted to see the owner, he was not around and so,
they arrested the manager.
“From there, they went to the
hotel owner’s house and his family said he was not around. They went to the
palace of Oba Ibeshe to arrest the monarch. He lambasted them and asked why
they would come to his palace at that ungodly hour to arrest him? He asked them
why they didn’t invite him and refused to follow them.
“They also went to other places
to make other arrests. All those they were hunting were people whose names were
on the tape circulating online.
“We got to the police station
around 2am. I told them I wanted to write my statement but they didn’t allow
me. The following day, they took me to a shrine. I know the shrine. I usually
go there to seek spiritual assistance to boost my business. I am not the owner.
It is owned by one Baba Oluwo. He died seven years ago.
“Those graves were dug by the late Baba Oluwo
while he was alive for his burial. I asked the policemen to open the grave
whether they would find any incriminating thing there but they didn’t. Why did
they refuse to open it?
“Shortly after, I saw the leader
of the policemen speaking with journalists. I asked that I should be allowed to
speak on camera but they denied me. They didn’t allow me speak with the
journalists and they didn’t allow me to write a statement.
“It is a known fact that police
have been arresting innocent people since Badoo issue came up. They have been
collecting money from them. Ikorodu people are even tired of them because they
didn’t go after the main Badoo suspects but are busy arresting innocent people
and extorting money from them.
“The actions of those policemen
could best be described as criminal and murderous. In fact, they are not
supposed to be in the Nigeria Police Force at all. There is proof. Those
policemen have been coming to Ikorodu to extort and assault people since the
issue of Badoo came up.
“Unfortunately, the people they
are arresting are nothing but innocent people. Since this issue came up, people
have been going to attack my house and where I do my business.
“The police confirmed that this
person is a suspected kidnapper. Why don’t they allow me to write statement?
Why don’t they allow me to grant interview?
“I will sue the Inspector-General
of Police, Commissioner of Police and all the media houses that called me Badoo
sponsor. The media ought to have investigated the allegation before publishing
anything.
“I told the police that the
actions they took will back fire, they started panicking. As a matter of fact,
I’m seriously upset because the journalists did not interview me. I was angry
that they didn’t allow me to be interviewed. Even those journalists didn’t
insist on interviewing me. What manner of hatchet job was that? Why would that
happen?”
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ReplyDeleteYou know so much about the shrine and the fact that the graves were empty and meant for the burial of the owner. How many graves does he need to be buried in? Who was the shrine willed to?
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