The notorious Rapid Response Squad (RRS) unit of the Ekiti State Police Command, acting on the orders of the immediate former state governor, Kayode Fayemi, has detained the Welfare Officer of the Ekiti State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Tope Bankole. SaharaReporters gathered that Bankole was arrested by RRS operatives during the weekend following a petition by Fayemi accusing him of “cyberstalking and criminal character assassination.”
Ex-Ekiti Governor, Fayemi Orders Arrest Of University Lecturer Over WhatsApp Post Alleging Corruption During His TenureSaharaReporters gathered that Bankole was arrested by RRS operatives during the weekend following a petition by Fayemi accusing him of “cyberstalking and criminal character assassination.
“They are cashing out big time with police uniform by extorting the youths of Ekiti State in the name of chasing 'Yahoo boys' . The OC RRS, CSP Marcus Ogundola drives one of the latest Benz in town, GLK to be precise,” a resident had told SaharaReporters. “He was in the news during the bye-election that was bloody in Omuo-Ekiti earlier this year. He was inside the same vehicle that brought those thugs that killed a woman and three others.“He works for Governor Kayode Fayemi, not the Nigeria Police Force. He was the former OC SARS , Ekiti State before the #EndSARS protest. That SARS unit was not disbanded in Ekiti because it is the same set of people that formed the new RRS now.
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