The Centre for Human and Socio-economic Rights (CHSR) a non-governmental organization (NGO) with the objective of defending, sustaining, and promoting human and socio-economic rights of citizens of Nigeria as guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution has written a petition dated 2nd of August to The Inspector General of Police IGP Kayode Egbetokun
The letter that was also addressed to NHRC dated on the 5th of August, 2024 by CHSR en-signed by Com. Alex Omotehinse Reads:
Few weeks ago, one Mr. Asimiyu Suraju a widower and father of twins lodged a complaint against a cyber space influencer Mrs. Tolulope Odegbami (Olowosibi) who is allegedly using her relationship and connection with some senior Police officers to get the complainant arrested and detained unlawfully.
According to Mr. Asimiyu Suraju (Baba Ibeji), he was arrested on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at his resident in IFO Local government area of Ogun State by men of Nigeria police force from Ifo Police Division in Ogun State.
His arrest was in connection with the alleged murder of his wife Mrs. Foluso Asimiyu (Iya Ibeji) who died on Friday, April 19, 2024 supposedly after a brief illness at Ota General Hospital, Ogun State.
The complaint alleged that following his detention for thirteen (13) days at IFO Police Division without investigation, he was transferred State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Eleweiran Abeokuta for a proper and due diligence investigation, he was transferred to Police Force Headquarter Luis Edet House Abuja where he was detained for over 65 days at Maitama Police Division Abuja without access to his families nor arraignment for trial.
Mr. Asimiyu Suraju further complained that states that his late wife, Mrs. Foluso Asimiyu and their twins got enmeshed with cyber space influencers when one Madam Jokotade help the family to seek for funds based on the family financial challenges which led to the raising of five hundred thousand naira only (#500,000:00) which she intended to use to help in ameliorating their challenges.
To the dismay of the family however, few days later, Mrs. Tolulope Odegbami (Olowosibi) knocked on their door and told them that the earlier cyber influencer (Madam Jokotade) have short changed and cheated them on funds raised on behalf of the family and that she has come to put smile and succor to the family not knowing to the family that she has comes to inflict more hardship, pains and sufferings to their HOUSEHOLD.
The Victim posited that Mrs. Tolulope Odegbami (Olowosibi) has been pawn in their flesh since 2021 prior to the death of his wife. The complainant alleged she has got him arrested and detained more than four times in deferent police facilities on trump-up charges. Mrs. Tolulope Odegbami is alleged to be exploiting her connections with officers of the Nigerian police to perpetrate abuse with impunity.
The family said Mrs. Tolulope Odegbami (Olowosibi) always capitalized on the family vulnerability to intimidate and harassed them with Police.
It was further alleged that Mrs. Tolulope Odegbami once took the Late Mrs. Folusho Ashimiyu (iya Ibeji) to a Military Hospital Yaba for a family planning injection without the consent of the husband who was at the time detained at SCID Panti on a frivolous allegation of sleeping and impregnating a 14 years old minor.
Mrs. Tolulope Odegbami (Olowosibi) is also alleged to have taken late Folusho Ashimiyu (lya ibeji and their twins to her personal resident in Ikorodu area of Lagos State where they lived for good three months without informing neither the husband nor family members who were frantically searching for their where-about until well-wishers who knew Iya Ibeji saw her, and she then narrated her ordeal in the hand of OLOWOSIBI who had the impudence to call the husband on phone to come and rescue them (i.e the decease and her twins).
According to the Victim/ husband, her late wife gave her a SAVE MY SOUL call which he promptly acted upon without waiting for any security back-up. Unfortunately for him, Mrs. Tolulope Odegbami (Olowosibi) mobilised OPC members within the Ikorodu area to physically assault and beat him to stupor that he came to her resident to kidnap the twins. Fortunately, a leader of the OPC recognized him as Suraju Baba
Ibeji after merciless beating, torture and molestation.
The complainant alleged that the victim, Mr. Suraju Asimiyu and his family are now undergoing psychological trauma based on the torture inflicted on him by Mrs. Tolulope Odegbami.
According to the complainant, another blogger who intervened by getting the family a befitting mini apartment with a monthly allowance for feeding was also surprisingly became surprising to the family when they heard that the the murderer of Mrs. Foluso Asimiyu (lya Ibeji)
In seeking justice for the eleven (11) weeks unlawful detention and incarceration of the victim Mr. Suraju Ashimiyu (Baba Ibeji), the elder brother one Mr. Taofeek Asimiyu approached an Abuja High court through a Human Rights lawyer one Barr. Pelumi Olajengbesi to file a case of abuse of fundamental Human Rights on behalf of the victim Mr. Suraju Ashimiyu (baba Ibeji) and was granted bail before the Nigeria Police can release him from the unlawful detention.
In the foregoing, and for a full explanation and detail information the CHSR humbly appeal that you use your good offices and person to, as a matter of urgency and in the interest of fair hearing and justice, set up and assign an unbiased investigating team that will do a due diligence investigation into the weighty allegation against the poor/indigent widower in the interest of Justice. It is obvious that you must have been misinformed or not properly briefed about this matter and whoever found cupable should be made to face the wrath of the law so that it can serve as a deterrent to other as the law says “It is better for 99 accused to escape than to convict only 1 Innocent individual”
CHSR also suggest the matter be assign to a Lagos State annex of the NPF be it Zone 2 or FCID Alagbon for easy access of the poor and indigent victim/ complaint who cannot afford the costs of going to Abuja and considering that no family or relative is a available at the FCT to provide shelter for the period of the investigation Com. Omotehinse concluded.
