The recent
introduction of the Swift Action squad (SAS), a military taskforce established
by Osun State government to maintain security, law and order in the state has
come under attacks by students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).
While the
outfit has been lauded for restoring sanity to major cities in the state,
reports of unlawful molestation of citizens by SAS agents over ‘trivial crimes’
such as indecent dressing, weird hairdo and sagging, among others, reportedly
meted out to students of the university have continued unchecked.
The most
humiliating of the group’s inhuman activities was the open molestation of a
student who was dressed in a revealing blouse. According to eyewitnesses, the
motorcyclist carrying the lady was asked to fully expose the lady’s breast and
suck it. The bike man who initially proved obstinate claiming he was fasting,
was reportedly forced to do the bidding of SAS men.
Chairman of
the Students Security Committee, Samuel Adeolu, said OAU students are not
opposed to good security but they are rather opposed to the abuse of security
apparatus to intimidate innocent citizens.
“The
constitutional role of the police is maintenance of law and order, and the
guarantee of security of lives and property, while that of the armed forces is
the defence of the nation’s borders. How is this related to a person’s dress
code, type of haircut or flaunting of one’s endowment.”
Responding
to the alleged nefarious activities of SAS, Commissioner for Information, Sunday
Akere, has charged whoever has been molested or treated unfairly by the law
enforcers to report such cases.
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