SAN FRANCISCO, January 05, (THEWILL) – The Police Command in Ogun State has said it would proceed with the investigation into the allegations of sexual harassment against the Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had ordered that the case be transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department at the Police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state capital.
The PPRO said the command will go ahead with the case despite the fact that the victim’s family had officially withdrawn the case against the Commissioner.
He said, “The father of the victim has no locus standi to tell the police that he is no longer pressing charges against the Commissioner because he is not our complainant.
“He is not the person that was directly involved in the case. The victim is his daughter and even the daughter herself cannot withdraw the case because she is underage.
“Secondly, the case is an offense committed against the state, so they are no longer complainants, it is the Commissioner of Police versus the suspect (Abudu-Balogun).
“They are just witnesses in the case. So the police are going on with investigations to confirm the authenticity of the claims.
“The CP has directed that the case should be transferred to the State CID for proper investigations, so their position is immaterial.
“We cannot conclude that the case will be charged to court until when we confirm that the offense was actually committed. If the offense was actually committed, we will not hesitate to charge it in court and see the case to a logical conclusion.”
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