Police in Ogun State have invited the Special Assistant to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Students Affairs, Comrade Azeez Adeyemi, following an alleged attack on some former leaders of National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Ogun Sate axis, on Sunday.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, while reacting to the alleged attack at Leme area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, said Comrade Adeyemi has been invited by the police.

According to him, the Dapo Abiodun’s aide was being expected at the Eleweran Headquarters of Nigeria Police before the close of work on Tuesday, adding that he would be arrested if he fails to honour the invitation extended to him.

The PPRO who revealed that a formal complaint has been lodged against the Governor’s aide explained that nobody is above the laws, adding that Adeyemi is duty bound to defend himself against the allegation.

“The person so mentioned has been invited by the police, we are expecting him before the close of work today, failure of which we will go after him and get him arrested.

“The invitation has been extended to him, nobody is above the law and the police is duty bound to listen to such allegations and the person so alleged also has the right to defend himself.”

Adeyemi, a former National Public Relations Officer of NANS, was on Monday alleged to have led attack on former NANS leaders in Ogun State, at a place where they were holding their meeting.

He was alleged to have personally stabbed some of the leaders while leading about 100 thugs to the venue of the meeting.

Adeyemi was accused of vandalising vehicles belonging to the former students’ leaders while some properties were allegedly carted away during a melee on Sunday.

The former Union leaders who appeared at the Ogun State Secretariat of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ogun State Council, with varying degrees of injuries, provided both vide and picture evidences of the attack.

He was alleged to have personally attack the trio of Olasunkanmi Falola Ahmed popularly called Stainless, Bamgbose Tomiwa popularly called Tommy T, and Olasunkanmi Adetoye Ijaduoye, all former Chairman of the Joint Campus Committee, JCC, Ogun State

- Olasunkanmi Adetoye Ijaduoye

They also accused Adeyemi of masterminding kidnappings of some student’s leaders in the State, calling security agencies to investigate the incident and brought to book perpetrators of the dastardly acts.

Ogun State students had in 2021 demanded the sack of Adeyemi, over alleged abduction of a factional chairman of the state chapter of the NANS, Adeyemi Samson.

Adeyemi has declined comment on the incident, when contacted.