Ekiti State commissioner arrested for beating up NYSC member

Police in Ekiti has arrested the state's
Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr.
Kayode Olaosebikan, for questioning
over the beating up of a NYSC member
at a registration unit in Otun Ekiti, Moba
LGA of the state, Vanguard reports.
Olaosebikan (pictured above),
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.
Source: Vanguard