{"id":8100,"date":"2023-11-27T14:43:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=8100"},"modified":"2023-11-27T14:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:43:32","slug":"ogun-state-police-deny-torture-allegations-in-death-of-suspected-cultist-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/11\/27\/ogun-state-police-deny-torture-allegations-in-death-of-suspected-cultist-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogun State Police Deny Torture Allegations in Death of Suspected Cultist in Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-tmxly-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-tmxly-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm gizmo:pb-9 dark:bg-gray-800 gizmo:dark:bg-transparent\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-27\">\n<div class=\"p-4 gizmo:py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl } group final-completion\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full gap-3 gizmo:gap-0\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"e4fbda86-7c9c-475a-8b8b-8b0bc704a789\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>The Ogun State Police Command refuted allegations of torturing a suspected cultist who passed away in their custody yesterday. In a statement on Sunday, SP Omolola Odutola, the Police spokesperson in Abeokuta, affirmed that the suspect died in the police cell but clarified that it was not a result of torture.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized that torture goes against their protocols and principles, highlighting that the Ogun police command adheres to a well-versed legal framework that safeguards the rights of individuals in custody.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She explained that police arrested one Seyi Oduyiga and Gbenga Adejoke, suspected cultists and members of cult groups \u2013 Buccaneer and Eiye Confraternity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the records, the deceased was already charged for cult-related activities and was taken to a special court on cultism in Abeokuta on Thursday.<br \/>\nThe court did not sit, however, and he was returned to police headquarters on the same day. Oduyiga was to be taken to court at its next sitting which was on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>However, at about 5 a.m. on the same Friday, he went hysterical, shouting, gnashing his teeth, and assaulting other suspects in the cell until he got exhausted. Other suspects in the cell alerted policemen on duty and he was taken to the police hospital and later to Ijaye General Hospital, Abeokuta, alongside suspects that he had bitten.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cOther suspects were treated and discharged, but Oduyiga while on medical attention, later gave up the ghost,\u2019\u2019 Odutola stated. She added that police had ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of Oduyiga\u2019s death and would make the result public.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ogun State Police Command refuted allegations of torturing a suspected cultist who passed away in their custody yesterday. In a statement on Sunday, SP Omolola Odutola, the Police spokesperson in Abeokuta, affirmed that the suspect died in the police cell but clarified that it was not a result of torture. She emphasized that torture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":8109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8100"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8165,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8100\/revisions\/8165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}