Police in Ekiti State has arrested the state’s
Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr. Kayode Olaosebikan, for questioning over
the beating up of a National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, member at a
registration unit in Otun Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of the
state.Olaosebikan, who is also the Chairman, NYSC board in the state, was seen
at the Criminal Investigation Department, CID, making his statement.Olaosebikan
allegedly beat up a youth corps member, Mr. Thompson Enobong, NYSC number
EK/13c/1859, who is one of the NYSC members assisting INEC in the
just-concluded registration.Enobong was subsequently rushed to the Federal
Medical Centre, FMC, Ido Ekiti, where he is said to be receiving
treatment.Olaosebikan, however, denied beating up the corps member, saying he
merely protected him.Vanguard also gathered that a soldier, Private Clement
John is being interrogated by the police for disrupting the exercise in Emure
Ekiti.The soldier, who claimed to be serving in an Army unit in Borno State,
was reportedly over powered by others at the registration unit and handed over
to the police. John has equally been transferred to Ado Ekiti for further
investigation.Also one Paul Ezekiel was arrested in Ikere Ward 2 for allegedly
threatening officials of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
during the rush for registration.Spokesman of the state police command, Mr.
Victor Babayemi, who confirmed the two cases, said the soldier would be handed
over to the Army formation in Ondo State to ascertain whether or not he is a
soldier.Meanwhile, the Director-General, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye Movement, PAAM,
the political organisation of one of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
gubernatorial aspirants, Bisi Kolawole, has called on the relevant authorities
to protect NYSC members.
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