By Chibuike Nwabuko
ABUJA FCT – Human Rights Activist, Comrade Shehu Sani has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun to investigate the circumstances and the officers involved in the alleged killing of the Kwara State University Student, Sulayman Olayinka.
The federal lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly said the physical molestation he suffered in the hands of those officers tells more about their character, adding that action must be taken now.
Shehu Sani made the call on Monday on his X account while reacting to the brutal murder of the undergraduate of Kwara State University.
Precise Post recalls that the Kwara State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of several officers in connection with the alleged killing of the Kwara State University student in the state.
Twenty-seven-year-old Olayinka was allegedly killed by policemen on Tuesday at around 2:00 pm in the Tanke area of Ilorin.
According to sources at the scene of the incident, three policemen were involved in the incident that led to the killing of the undergraduate.
The sources said the incident occurred when the victim got off a motorcycle and was approached by three officers, who then dragged him to the ground.
Another witness said that the deceased had come to collect N1,000, which he had already transferred to a point-of-sale operator to settle the fare for the Okada rider who brought him.
“I was with him. As soon as he got the money from a PoS operator, the officers came out of a tricycle and dragged him to the ground. The victim kept asking what offence he had committed, but they didn’t let him speak.
He pleaded with the officers, informing them that he was asthmatic, but they ignored his pleas,” the source said.
This comes barely three weeks after the dismissal and prosecution of three police officers over the alleged murder of a Kwara Polytechnic student, Quoyum Abdulyekeen.
Quoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, a 21-year-old student of the Electrical Electronics Engineering department at Kwara State Polytechnic, was allegedly murdered by the police during a stop-and-search operation at Fate area, Ilorin, on September 4, 2024.
