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Blessing Akorowosi, Osogbo
Correspondent of The Nation newspaper in Osun State, Toba Adedeji has accused the State Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode of telling lies and twisting the facts surrounding his gunshot injury.
Daily Champion recalls that last Tuesday Adedeji was shot alongside a student by policemen while covering a protest at Olaiya junction in Osogbo.
Addressing a press conference at the NUJ Correspondents’ Chapel in Osogbo on Wednesday, Adedeji decried the false statement made by the CP during a radio programme that the injury was not from a bullet but a mere metal scratch.
“I want to state it emphatically here that CP Olokode lied.
“He said when he came to pay me visit at home that I told him that I was not shot, this is a lie and it is so unfortunate, coming from a senior police officer because we never had such discussion. I told him that I was shot at the scene by policemen led by DPO Oyegade of Dugbe police station.
“In fact, he was trying to change the narrative as he told me that the police and hoodlums had shoot out at the scene but I refuted the claim saying there was no confrontation with the protesters that warranted shooting that day. He could not talk till he left my house that day.
“The outburst of lies by the Osun State police further entrench that police should not be trusted for any reasons again because the people of the state are not safe again. Residents of Osun fear policemen more than they fear armed robbers,” Adedeji stated.
He called for an independent investigation into the alleged false medical report which the CP claimed was obtained from UNIOSUNTH where he was treated.
The Journalist demanded that the police leadership must identify the officers led by the Divisional Police Officer of Dugbe, Oyegade who shot him.
“The Commissioner of Police should tender a public apology for lying that I told him that I was not shot but sustained mere injury. He must retract the statement which are all lies against my personality.
“It is important we unravel the mystery behind the said medical report because the integrity of the hospital is at stake. If an incident that happened less than a kilometer from UNIOSUNTH and some hospital personnel also confirmed to us that they heard gunshots and the purported report Olokode is parading indicated that I fell and injured myself, then the members of the public may become suspicious of goings on in the hospital,” he concluded.
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