POLICE VISIT TO ADEYEMI’S FATHER WAS FACT-FINDING, NOT AN ARREST

POLICE VISIT TO ADEYEMI’S FATHER WAS FACT-FINDING, NOT AN ARREST

AOC: PRINCE ADENIYI ADEYEMI IS WANTED OVER ALLEGATIONS OF IMPERSONATION AS THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN INTERVENTION PROMOTION COUNCIL. NOW, WAS HIS FATHER ARRESTED BY THE POLICE, OR WAS IT SIMPLY AN INVESTIGATIVE VISIT? AS PUBLIC SPECULATION CONTINUES TO TRAIL THE LATEST, THE NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE CLEARS THE AIR, INSISTING THAT NO ARREST WAS MADE.

THE FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER SAYS, POLICE OFFICERS ONLY VISITED THE RESIDENCE AS PART OF AN ONGOING FACT-FINDING MISSION TO GATHER INFORMATION THAT COULD ASSIST INVESTIGATORS IN LOCATING THE WANTED SUSPECT, CONTRARY TO REPORT THAT HE WAS ARRESTED

THE CLARIFICATION COMES AMID GROWING PUBLIC DEBATE OVER ALLEGATIONS OF SUBSTITUTED ARRESTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF CRIMINAL SUSPECTS. THE POLICE, HOWEVER, MAINTAIN THAT THE VISIT WAS STRICTLY INVESTIGATIVE AND DID NOT AMOUNT TO THE ARREST OR DETENTION OF ADEYEMI’S FATHER.