Journalist Recounts How Oyo Police PPRO, Osifeso's Name Saved Him From Police Extortion in Ibadan

Kehinde Ayanboade, 

Ibadan. 

A print journalist working with the Punch Newspapers, Fatteh Hamid has recounted his experience with Police men on Ibadan route on Tuesday revealing how the name of the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP. Adewale Osifeso saved him from police brutality and extortion.

Fatteh Hamid who is revealed his experience on a Twitter post maintained that he was almost harassed for wearing a shirt, a short knicker and a face cap. 

He maintained that he was forced to submit his phone at Gun point until he revealed he's a journalist and told the police to check for his name online. 

Fatteh while telling his story wrotes;

"So policemen threatened to shoot at me today. My first encounter was at Total Garden, they asked my Bolt guy to park and asked me to bring my phone. I told the guy I can't give him my phone for no reason. He started shouting until I told him that "Oga Osifeso (Oyo Police PRO) no go dey happy say you wan collect money from journalist hand o". Then he let me leave.

"While I was going back home this evening, I stopped over at Jericho Mall to get something and just after that roundabout after the mall, a Micra overtook my ride and ask me to alight.

"I questioned the officer who was not in uniform nor any means of recognition except the guns with them. He said I look like a suspect and I asked him that on what grounds. Then he cocked his gun and asked me to drop my phone. I told him that the PPRO won't be happy he was assaulting a journalist and the other guy wanted to slap me which I dodged. It took a lot to convince him that I wasn't a 'Yahoo Boy' and he had to use his phone to Google my name to ascertain that I wasn't a fraudster.

"That very spot at Jericho was where my immediate brother @estoy_BASTOS had 100k extorted from him by same policemen whose description matches those who almost assaulted me today.

"As a friend of the police, I'm putting this out so that Oyo Police can do the needful so that we can collectively avoid another crisis.

Let me reiterate that I gave none of them shishi! Shishi! It's not a crime to wear a round neck, shorts and face cap." He said.