The Speaker Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Olumide Egbedun, had raised alarm of alleged abuse of power by the Osun State Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Gotan, which he said, should be a source of concern and embarrassment to every patriotic Nigerian.

The Speaker narrated the circumstances of the arrest of the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Teslim Igbalaye, on the order of the Police Commissioner, Gotan, before his redeployment to Force Headquarters, Abuja.

The Speaker said he was sitting with the Deputy Governor, the SSG at the INEC Stakeholders' Meeting. According to him, "we all witnessed the unfortunate moment when Commissioner Gotan was booed while on the podium by citizens of Osun State. Immediately he returned to his seat, he looked directly towards us. At that moment, the SSG laughed."

Egbedun said the next thing he observed was Commissioner Gotan picking up his telephone and making a series of calls. He, then, turned to the SSG and told him, "The Commissioner of Police has just ordered your arrest."

The Speaker said that a few minutes later, the SSG received a telephone call informing him that police officers were waiting for him at his residence. He immediately stood up and left the event, leaving the Deputy Governor and the speaker behind.

Egbedun said he contacted the SSG some minutes later to find out what had happened. Teslim Igbalaye told him he had been invited to the State Criminal Investigation Department, CID, because the police allegedly recovered N4 million and two voter cards, belonging to members of his political party, who were holding a meeting within his compound.

And that was the arrest of the SSG. He was later released after wide public outcry.