Kwara: Police deny unlawful detention of 16-year-old girl

The Kwara State Police Command has denied allegations of unlawful detention of a 16-year-old miss successful Arandun, Irepodun Local Government Area, saying the enactment taken followed owed process.

The command’s spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, disclosed this successful a connection connected Monday, describing reports circulating connected societal media arsenic misleading.

Public interest had grown aft videos surfaced online showing the teen astatine a constabulary facility, prompting protests by immoderate residents who believed she had been unjustly arrested.

According to the police, the incidental stemmed from a housebreaking and theft ailment reported connected April 30 astatine the Arandun Police Division.

The bid said the main suspect, identified arsenic 19-year-old Timothy Aransiola, fled aft the study and had been nether surveillance.

Police alleged that the suspect’s younger sister, Esther Aransiola, assisted him successful evading apprehension and was subsequently invited for questioning connected May 1 implicit suspected obstruction.

The connection noted that the teen was cautioned and interviewed successful enactment with modular procedures earlier being released to ...