The father of
Aliu Oladeni, the 17-year-old teenager said to have been detained by the Igando
Police Division for more than eight months, has pleaded with the police to tell
him if they have killed his son so he could accept his fate.
Sixty-four-year-old
Sunday Oladeni, on Thursday said he had become bankrupt because the police had
continued to collect money from him with the promise of releasing his son,
adding that he had also not stopped borrowing with the hope his son would
return alive.
PUNCH Metro
had reported on Wednesday that Aliu was taken to the Igando Police Division by
his family, after a mob thronged their residence.
The mob had
arrested a robbery suspect, Rasak, who reportedly mentioned his name as one of
his accomplices in the operation.
Our
correspondent reported that the police took custody of the 17-year-old and
allegedly demanded money from the parents for his bail.
The former
Igando Divisional Police Officer, CSP Benjamin Osuji, was alleged to have
collected over N160, 000 from the family through one Mr. Charles, who
introduced the family to him.
It was
reported that eight months after, the Oladeni family had not been told where
the teenager was and efforts by the family to find him had proved abortive.
Aliu’s
father, Sunday, said, “The police have yet to get in touch with me. I am afraid
that they may have killed my son, and if so, they should let me know instead of
all the trouble I have been going through.
“The police
have collected so much money from me and I am fed up. One asked for N50,000
recently and I had to beg him to take N35,000.
“I have
borrowed over N230, 000 on this case. I am in a lot of debt as we speak and I
am fed up with life.”
He appealed
to well meaning Nigerians to help him mount pressure on the authorities to come
out and explain what had happened to his child.
Culled: Punch
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