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FLASH: Police Re-Arrest Aregbesola’s Loyalist, Adabanija

BySodiq Yusuf

PublishedNovember 12, 2024

For a second time in two months, operatives of the Osun State Police Command on Tuesday re-arrested popular social media influencer and member of the Omoluabi Progressives, Qomarudeen Oladepo, popularly known as Adabanija.

Osun Defender reports that Adabanija, who was earlier arrested by the police on Thursday, October 3, for allegedly defaming the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola.

The Aregbesola loyalist had posted on his Facebook page on September 30, 2024, that Oyetola used the bags of rice that were given to him by President Bola Tinubu to distribute to the people of Osun as souvenirs on his 70th birthday.

READ: Adabanija: Over 10 People Arrested For Allegedly Criticising Oyetola

The post reads, “Payment of backlogs of modulated salary; governor Ademola Adeleke is doing wonderfully well unlike Oyetola who refused to pay.”

Organising and Publicity Secretary, Omoluabi Progressives, Abosede Oluwaseun, confirmed Adabanija’s re-arrest in a telephone interview with Osun Defender.

“Yes. It is true that Adabanija has been re-arrested. We are on our way to the Police headquarters to find out why he has been arrested.

“If his offence his criminal, he should be charged to court immediately. We do not want him to be incarcerated again. We learnt he was arrested this morning because of a Facebook post criticising Mr. Gboyega Oyetola. This is unacceptable,” Oluwaseun said.

Sodiq Yusuf

Sodiq Yusuf is a trained media practitioner and journalist with considerable years of experience in print, broadcast, and digital journalism. His interests cover a wide range of causes in politics, governance, sports, community development, and good governance.