The authorities of the So-Safe Corps, Ogun State Security outfit have handed over its officers to the police over alleged tortured of a man identified simply as Success which led to his death along Coca-Cola Road, in the Oju-Ore area of Ado-Odo local government area of the state.
Penpushing reports that spokesperson of the agency Adegunwa Adegbuyi confirmed this and while condemning the actions of the officers, said that they acted outside the standard operating procedures of the outfit.
“The mother called us to intervene, and some of our ad-hoc staff went. They are supposed to revert, but unfortunately, they took the law into their own hands. Instantly, when the case came up, we had to hand them over to the Nigerian Police Force because the Commandant does not condone anything that has to do with human rights abuse’, Adegbuyi added.
‘On the 29th May, 2026, the So-Safe Corps through the Director of Anti-Kidnapping, ACC Lawal Taiwo, got an information of a young man who was alleged to be under the influence of drugs, assaulting his mother in Ota’.
‘An officer of the Corps, Ibrahim Yekini, was detailed for the case and expected to arrest the suspect and revert. Along the line, Yekini involved two ad-hoc officers. Though the suspects have been mercilessly dealt with before their arrival at the scene, he was arrested and tortured till he was weak and gave up the ghost at our office in Bore Hole Area along Ilogbo Road, Ota in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State’.
‘The case was reported at Obasanjo Police Divisional Headquarters and all the three suspects has been detained and transferred to the State Police Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta for due investigation’, he added.
‘The Agency is cooperating with the Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command to make sure that all perpetrators of the dastardly act are brought to book. We handed over the first culprit, and after some hours, we handed over the second culprit to the police for necessary prosecution. We are working on synergy with the police to ensure that justice is done’, he said.
Penpushing further reports that Adegbuyi emphasized that the So-Safe Commander, Soji Ganzalo, had consistently warned officers of the outfit against abuse of human rights and interference in civil matters.
The incident surfaced on Monday from a Facebook post by Ota Gossip that the deceased ahd her mother had an altercation on Saturday, and reported him to the So-Safe officials, who took him into custody.
Penpushing also reports that the post added that rather than the security officers handing over the man to the police, they allegedly took him to an uncompleted building and subjected him to torture.
“According to reports circulating within the community, the incident began after a misunderstanding between Success, his mother, and his younger brother at their residence. During the altercation, Success reportedly sustained a head injury and was seen bleeding’, the post read.
“After the mother called, the So-Safe security operatives were invited to intervene. According to eyewitness accounts and videos circulating online, the young man was later taken away from the area’, it added.
“However, allegations emerging from the community claim that instead of being taken into official custody, he was allegedly taken to an abandoned building in the Oju Ore axis, where he was subjected to physical assault’
Penpushing reports that another Facebook user, Temitope Adeniyi, in his account explained that the security officers allegedly beat Success to death, adding that the deceased fought with his mother, who reported him to the So-Safe.
“He fought with his mother, so his mother reported him to the So-Safe. The next thing, they carried him to an uncompleted building and beat him to death,” Adeniyi wrote.
Penpushing further reports that the Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi as at the time of filing this report was yet to make any official statement on the development.
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