Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have reportedly stormed the Ogbomoso home of Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi, the central figure in the ongoing forgery case linked to the alleged Presidential Fiscal and Infrastructure Projects Council, and arrested his father.
Eyewitness accounts also revealed that a yet-to-be-identified family friend who was visiting the residence at the time was also taken into custody, according to eyewitness accounts.
WITHIN NIGERIA learned that Adeniyi’s elderly mother was left at the house and was later moved away by neighbors after she was said to have been left in shock.
Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), while conversing with newsmen via telephone, confirmed the arrests.
According to Falana, Police have now stormed the house of the parents of Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi, Plot 3, Adeniyi Dynasty, behind Technical College, Road Safety Area, Ogbomoso,”.
“The father has been arrested. There is no legal basis for substituted arrests. The young man has promised to show up in court, so why arrest his father?”
A resident who prefers anonymity, claimed that police officers arrived in four vehicles.
“They came with four vehicles, and they started harassing them and eventually took the father away. They didn’t allow the neighbours to intervene before they took him away. At the moment, there is a man in blue clothes patrolling the area,” the resident said.
Another neighbor (not disclosed) claimed that Baba was taken away with someone who came to visit them this morning and they left the mother, who is currently in shock, but we have moved her away.
As at the time of filing this report, the Police have not released any statement on the arrest.
