The Assistant Inspector-General of Police In Abeokuta, Ahmed Iliyasu, has approved the sacked Olaniyi Ogunsoro, an Inspector with the Abeokuta Zonal Intervention Squad of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
It was gathered that the policeman was involved in the death of the Sagamu-based Remo Stars football club defender, Kazeem Tiyamiyu, on February 22.
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The Ogun State Police Command on February 24 tried Ogunsoro and found him guilty of conducts considered to be unprofessional and thereby recommended his dismissal.
According to sources, another Assistant Superintendent of Police is being investigated over the matter.
Reports had earlier said an officer of SARS allegedly killed Tiamiyu Kazeem, better known as ‘Kaka’.
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In a statement by Remo Stars media officer, Oladimeji Oshode alleged that the club’s captain was killed at along Sagamu road SARS operative who stopped Kazeem’s car.
According to Oshode, Kazeem was allegedly pushed out of the vehicle by the SARS operative, who had mistaken him for a suspected internet fraudster (Yahoo boy), before he was hit by an oncoming vehicle.
However, the Ogun State Police Command claimed ‘he jumped down from their vehicle, on their way to the police station, and was crushed by a hit-and-run driver.’
The death of Kaka led to a massive protest and clash between protesters and policemen in Sagamu on February 24, where three persons were killed during the clash.
During a condolence visit to the home of the deceased footballer alongside Governor Dapo Abiodun, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, in-charge of Research and Planning, Peter Ogunyanwo, announced the scrapping of all Police Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS) satellite offices.
