THE Ogun State Police Command has ordered the arrest of the policeman who arrested a Remo Stars Player, Tiamiyu Kazeem (Kaka) on Saturday, in the course of which he met a shocking death.
But the police are not arresting the officer for being responsible for Kaka’s death – despite an initial report that the deceased was pushed down from the moving police truck , only to be knocked down by an approaching vehicle.
Rather, the command says it is arresting the officer for leaving Kaka alone in the police vehicle, in the course of which he, according to the command, jumped down himself.
“A Police Inspector attached to Zonal Intervention Squad Obada-Oko in Abeokuta said to have received information about the deceased that he always put on military apparel knowing full well that he is not a military personnel.
According to a statement by the commands spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, kaka was arrested for wearing a soldier’s cap.
The police sid in a statement:
“Based on the information, the Inspector went to Shagamu and saw the deceased putting on a military cap consequent upon which he got him arrested.
“On the way to Abeokuta, the vehicle they were travelling with developed a mechanical fault and while the officer was trying to rectify the fault, the arrested person jumped down from the vehicle to escape.
“In his bid to run across the road, an oncoming vehicle which is on high speed knocked him down and he died on the spot.
“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Police Command, has ordered the immediate arrest of the officer for his unprofessional act of leaving an arrested person alone in the vehicle.
“A full-scale investigation into the case has commenced by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.”
News broke on Saturday that Kaka was allegedly killed by a policeman from the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) from the Ogun State Command.
The defender was on his way to Sagamu with one of his teammates, Sanni Abubakar, after their training in Abeokuta on Saturday afternoon when they ran into SARS operatives who labelled Kazeem as a ‘yahoo boy’ despite presenting his identity (ID) card to identify himself as a player of Remo Stars FC.
In a statement released by Remo Stars Football Club, it was claimed that the two players were being led to the station when one of the police’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) pushed Kazeem out a moving vehicle, leading to his death.
