By HEADLINENEWS.NEWS correspondent
Sahara reporters had reported how the Nigeria Police Force in conjunction with the Lagos State Task Force packed hundreds of residents and young people from the streets of the state on Friday and dumped them in Osun State.
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has stated that the Lagos State government has promised to investigate the alleged deportation of youths from the state to Ilesa town.
Sahara reports correspondents had reported how the Nigeria Police Force in conjunction with the Lagos State Task Force packed hundreds of residents and young people from the streets of the state on Friday and dumped them in Osun State.
One of the youths who said he was taken away by the Nigerian policemen at his place of work on Friday afternoon had narrated his ordeal to SaharaReporters.
He said the law enforcement agents packed young people from Ajah, TBS and Island areas of the state and gathered them inside an uncompleted building at the Makoko police station before moving them to a forest in Ilesha town in Osun State.
He had said there were about five luxurious buses filled with the youth that were taken to Osun State in the company of policemen.
Reacting to this in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, Adeleke revealed his government had set up a committee to look into the matter.
According to Rasheed, the state team reported that eyewitness accounts confirmed the dropping of the youths in several luxurious buses by a team suspected to be from Lagos State.
He said the state’s report showed that the youths were systematically dropped at
Ilesa-Akure Express junction, Breweries; Ilesa – Ibodi – Iginla to Ife Express junction; Osun Ankara Express junction; Imelu Express junction; and Iperindo Express junction.
He added that in his interaction with the Lagos State Governor on the incident, Governor Adeleke expressed shock at the development, urging Governor Sanwoolu to look into the matter and put an end to it if the report is true.
“I spoke with my brother, Governor Sanwo-Olu on the matter. He too was surprised and he denied ever authorising any such action.
“Governor Sanwo-Olu has promised an immediate investigation to unravel the facts of the situation. The Lagos team will update us as quickly as possible.
“I am subsequently directing our security agencies in Osun to mount surveillance in and around Ilesa to track the deported youths and their destinations.
“I will update our people on this development. I urge residents to be calm while the security agencies carry out surveillance,” Governor Adeleke was quoted as saying.
